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Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“I was as afraid as the next man in my time and maybe more so. But with the years, fear had come to be regarded as a form of stupidity to be classed with overdrafts, acquiring a venereal disease or eating candies. Fear is a child's vice and while I loved to feel it approach, as one does with any vice, it was not for grown men and the only thing to be afraid of was the presence of true and imminent danger in a form that you should be aware of and not be a fool if you were responsible for others.”

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Ernest Hemingway

American author known for his concise and forceful writing style, as well as his profound insights into life. Hemingway's works cover a wide range of themes including war, adventure, and love, with notable titles such as 'The Old Man and the Sea' and 'A Farewell to Arms'. more

“There is always great beauty, not of images, feeling or thought. Beauty is neither thought nor feeling; it has nothing whatsoever to do with emotion or sentiment. There is fear. Fear is never an actuality; it is either before or after the active present. When there is fear in the active present, is it fear? It is there and there is no escape from it, no evasion possible. There, at that actual moment, there is total attention at the moment of danger, physical or psychological.”

Moments Facts Fear Attention Danger Active Arise Psychological Flight No Fear Avoidance Actuality Evasion Inattention

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. I know beyond all doubt that the dark things crowding in on me either did not exist or were not dangerous to me, and still I was afraid.”

Thinking Knows Believe Stills Fear Dark Doubt Dangerous Horror Dark Things

Book:Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962

Source: Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962

“Fear will keep you alive; indifference won't.”

Fear Alive Indifference

Book:Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 6-10

Source: Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 6-10

“You are frightened of everything. You call it caution. You call it common sense. You call it practicality. You call it playing the odds, but that's only because you're afraid to call it by its real name, and its real name is fear.”