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1 " I love you,' Buttercup said. 'I know this must come as something of a surprise to you, since all I've ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that, did you know? Well they are. How many minutes ago was I? Twenty? Had I brought my feelings up to then? It doesn't matter.' Buttercup still could not look at him. The sun was rising behind her now; she could feel the heat on her back, and it gave her courage. 'I love you so much more now than twenty minutes ago that there cannot be comparison. I love you so much more now then when you opened your hovel door, there cannot be comparison. There is no room in my body for anything but you. My arms love you, my ears adore you, my knees shake with blind affection. My mind begs you to ask it something so it can obey. Do you want me to follow you for the rest of your days? I will do that. Do you want me to crawl? I will crawl. I will be quiet for you or sing for you, or if you are hungry, let me bring you food, or if you have thirst and nothing will quench it but Arabian wine, I will go to Araby, even though it is across the world, and bring a bottle back for your lunch. Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do. I know I cannot compete with the Countess in skills or wisdom or appeal, and I saw the way she looked at you. And I saw the way you looked at her. But remember, please, that she is old and has other interests, while I am seventeen and for me there is only you. Dearest Westley--I've never called you that before, have I?--Westley, Westley, Westley, Westley, Westley,--darling Westley, adored Westley, sweet perfect Westley, whisper that I have a chance to win your love.' And with that, she dared the bravest thing she'd ever done; she looked right into his eyes. "
― William Goldman , The Princess Bride
2 " Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let someone love you. "
― N.R. Hart , Poetry and Pearls
3 " I think I’m learningthat sometimes the bravest thing is not to face the world,but to turn away from it. "
― Charlotte Eriksson
4 " Sometimes, breaking down is the bravest thing you can do. "
― Vironika Tugaleva
5 " Owning her face, unapologetically, or—even more revolutionarily—happily was the bravest thing she could possibly do. "
― Georgia Clark
6 " The word surrender has some shadowy connotations. We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do. It means to give our will over to another . . . and when that other is Christ, we are surrendering our pride, our self-reliance, our will to do things our way. We trust Him more than we trust ourselves. The origin of the word surrender did not mean to give up, but to give over. We give our will over to God, let Him do what He will with it, and in the process we lose nothing, but gain much. "
― Toni Sorenson
7 " I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do. "
― Brené Brown
8 " What's the bravest thing you ever did?He spat in the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said. "
― Cormac McCarthy , The Road
9 " I think it's the bravest thing in the world - to run straight at love, even knowing how badly you could get hurt. "
― Emery Lord , Open Road Summer
10 " We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do. "