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“I wanted this to be a movie on TV so I could press the off button and make it all go away.”

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In this captivating romantic novel, the protagonist delves into a complex and passionate love story that transcends societal norms. The narrative delves into the emotional turmoil and the risks involved in pursuing a love that is deemed inappropriate or dangerous. more

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Michelle Rowen

Michelle Rowen, born in 1971, is a talented author whose works span various literary genres, including novels, essays, and poetry. Known for her unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature, Rowen's works have won the hearts of readers. more

“If you are forced to confront your fears on a daily basis, they disintegrate, like illusions when viewed up close. Maybe being always protected made me more fearful, and I would later dip cautiously into the outside world, never allowing myself to be submerged completely, and always jerking back into the familiarity of my own life when my senses were overwhelmed. For years I would stand with a foot in each sphere, drawn to the exotic universe that lay on the other side of the portal, wrenched back by the warnings that sounded like alarm bells in my mind.”

Source: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

“I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.”

Fear Hurt Drunk

Author:Chavela Vargas

“Avoiding life, avoiding making any concrete plans for your life-that's just one way you're pretending you can keep bad things from happening to you again.”

Way Fear Plans Happenings One Way Just One Bad Things Pretending Concrete Avoiding You Again Avoiding Life

Book:Going Underground

Source: Going Underground

“Bang bang bang. I understand now why so many horror movies use that device-the mysterious knock on the door-because it has the weight of a nightmare. You don't know what's out there, yet you know you'll open it. You'll think what I think: No one bad ever knocks.”

Thinking Knows Use Fear Doors Horror Weight Mysterious Nightmare Devices Bangs

Book:Gone Girl: A Novel

Source: Gone Girl: A Novel

“I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.”

Thinking Fear Losing

Author:Ashly Lorenzana

“A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.”

Fear Happened Kings Harm Scorpions Wasps

Book:Reflections

Source: Reflections

“He was trapped in the electrochemical web of cognition, wherein curiosity leads into temptation, temptation leads into fear, and fear is considered an impulse to be mastered.”

Fear Curiosity Temptation Impulse Trapped Cognition

Book:The Imago Sequence

Source: The Imago Sequence

“Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.”

Belief Fear Blind Obedience Compelled

Book:God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu...: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us

Source: God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu...: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us

“Fear can be the result of admiration, or it can be a symptom of contempt.”

Fear Results Admiration Contempt Symptoms

Book:I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated

Source: I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated

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