"‘I refuse to think fear. I will think strong. I will think brave."

"When true fear sweeps in, when panic knocks down your walls, no defence can keep it out."

"I didn’t want to show any fear. I wanted to keep my fear all to myself: a storm inside but a desert on my face. That was the only way I could maintain any kind of strength."

"I felt like I was going to be ill, like I had some serious illness creeping up on me. But I knew the name of that serious illness. It was called death."

"We hugged until we bruised."