It wasn't so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to …

Katherine Paterson
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It wasn't so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to go; it was that he minded being afraid. It was as though he had been made with a great piece missing - one of May Belle's puzzles with this huge gap where somebody's eye should have been. Lord, it would be better to be born without an arm than to go through life with no guts. ✨ Katherine Paterson (1995). Bridge to Terabithia, Hippo Bks
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