The novella is at once the most elegant and demanding form: a writer must balance the looseness of a novel with the concision of a short story, a feat that only the bravest and most talented of us can manage. In Brazil, Jesse Lee Kercheval proves, yet again, that she is exactly the right writer for the job. A wild American picaresque, Brazil snaps along briskly, yet feels full-fleshed, and brims with a sly wit and grace.
The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.
Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.
I simply want to take a break and catch my breath. But I also think that, sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is to deliberately keep some time free and see what the world throws at you.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [. . . ] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in.
I fell in love with you," he said, "because you were one of the bravest people I've ever known. So how could I ask you to stop being brave just because I loved you?
An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.
The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.
The divers were the bravest of us. They gave their lives for the independence of our country and the success of our revolution.
My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come across.
You know i was just thinking that it's better to die trying [to live your bravest dream] than to live sleeping.
Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.
Even in my bravest moment, I am a coward.
The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
Even the bravest only rarely have courage for what they really know.
