“Most courage comes from being too tired and hungry to be afraid anymore.”

“Courage is being afraid and going ahead and trying anyway. One can still be afraid and still be courageous.”

“Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.”

“Courage doesn't mean being free from fear; it means learning to work through fear and speak even when we are afraid.”

“I’m too tired to fight against you anymore, too tired to say you are wrong. Too tired apologizing, keeping me uping all nighting- criming by wasting my precious timing. Straggling against what I once called charming.”

“[Lev Beniov:] "The imminence of death did not frighten me as much as it should have. I had been too afraid for too long; I was too exhausted, too hungry, too feel anything with proper intensity. But if my fear had diminished, it was not because my courage had increased. My body was so weak, so spent, that my legs trembled from the effort of standing upright. I could summon no great concern for anything, including the fate of Lev Beniov.”