“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Brave Men Run In My Family
By Lucas Temple “You here? There’s a war brewing all around the continent”. My mother said as she picked at her plate. “Yes, I did, dear”. My father replied, after swallowing his food. It was dinner time, and in our small house the candles all around us gave us light. The night sky was pitch…
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