Rarely dramatic. In these books courage is usually a decision made quietly, at some personal cost, by somebody who had the option of doing nothing.
“Now that the light was really close to the angel, he could feel a weird sensation throughout his body, something that was chasing out all the fear out of him.”

“The man had then advanced on Leila and she was frozen in fear; no spell came to her mind but there was a shout from behind and a blast and the man disappeared.”

“Facing our qualms strengthens our courage and increases our belief in ourselves that we can do what we think is difficult or impossible.”

“Amidst the feelings of queasiness, agony and fear, there was something else too - a feeling of triumph.”

“If we really know as Muslims that “whatever befalls on us is the decree of ALLAH” we will never let these illusions and whispers make us fearful and waste our life and time.”

“Eric looked on in fear, Pikes in terror, as Hades clutched his head and fell to the ground, screaming all the while.”

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