“We Call Them the Brave
who likely were reluctant to be brave.”

— Marianne Moore

"We Call Them the Brave" (the title of this poem is also obviously meant to be read as its first line, though set apart)
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)

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American poet and writer 1887–1972

Steve Turner (1949) British writer

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 151

“What of it? We call them brave
perhaps? Yes; what if the time should come
when no one will fight for anything
and there's nothing of worth to save.”

Marianne Moore (1887–1972) American poet and writer

"We Call Them the Brave"
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)

“Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever.”

Philip Pullman book Northern Lights

Source: The Golden Compass

“Dimitri: "Were you really going to attack all of us? Doing that… protecting her like that—it was very brave. Stupid, but still brave. Why did you even try it?”
Rose: "Because I'm her guardian.”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

“Where are the braves, the faces like autumn fruit,
who stared at the child from the coloured frontispiece?”

A. M. Klein (1909–1972) writer, journalist, lawyer

Indian Reservation: Caughnawaga (1983)

“I knew we needed brave actors - the story called for scenes that might be frightening to some - and we needed it to be real and believable.”

Olly Blackburn Film director and screenwriter

[Film4, Channel Four Television Corporation, http://www.film4.com/features/article/olly-blackburn-and-david-bloom-on-donkey-punch, 23 February 2012, Olly Blackburn and David Bloom on Donkey Punch, 2008]