I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.
You're brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don't care if you are imaginary.
Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.
Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.
Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.