Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.

You don’t need princes to save you. I don’t have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.

And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Coraline to the cat. ‘It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were there, when he was really scared. That was brave.’"‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave

You're brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don't care if you are imaginary.