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“‘Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something else is more important.’” I blinked. “That’s not a novel.” “No,” he said, lips curving faintly. “It’s a collection of speeches by Winston Churchill. You said nothing corny.” I smiled, only Andrew sterling will read a collection of speeches to someone in a plane scared of flying. His voice was deep, warm, and hypnotic as he continued. Every word rolled out smooth, steady, confident. The tension in my shoulders slowly melted away. Somewhere between his third paragraph and the next quote, my eyes grew heavy.

I had poured my heart and soul into my book, and it was amazing to see that it had resonated with so many people. But what really caught my attention were the comments from people who had been inspired by my story. There were comments like: "Your book made me realize that I'm not alone in my struggles. Thank you for sharing your story and giving me hope." "I was feeling lost and stuck, but your book gave me the courage to take a leap of faith and pursue my dreams. Thank you for being a role model and inspiration!" "I just wanted to say that your book changed my life. It made me see things from a different perspective and gave me the strength to keep going. Thank you for being a beacon of hop

“You?” She glanced up as thought thinking. Then in a soft but yet certain voice, she said. “He really had been through death, but he had returned because he realized he had not yet finished living.” There was this passion in her eyes as she quoted the line that it made the hair on my arms rise. I’d never met anyone like her…that I could actually quote lines from a classic book and would get it. Even in literature class, I always felt like an outsider because nobody felt comfortable with the jock who practically knew the poem by Italian poet Dante, by heart.

She found Joel still seated comfortably as he bobbed his head to the music in his ears. Shooting him a killing look, she sat on one of the chairs close to the door. The motivational posters of various colours that decorated the sky-blue painted walls caught her attention. And most of them, she observed, contained quotes from famous people. Some she had heard of and some she had read about. "A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. That one made her smile. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~ Nelson Mandela