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“Fear, like love, is difficult to explain after it has subsided, probably because it draws away the veils of illusion as it disappears.”

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Arthur Miller

A renowned American playwright, known for his profound social criticism and character development. His works include 'Death of a Salesman' and 'All My Sons'. more

“It is not fun to be pulled over by a police officer. We’re upset or anxious when we’re pulled over by the police. We often know what we did wrong and await the penalty, or we wonder what we did wrong and await the explanation. But, do we expect to be manhandled or abused by the officer? Do we fear that he might kill us? For black people, especially black men, those fears are too frequently an unfortunate reality.”

Fear Race Social Justice Civil Rights Inequality Police Brutality Racism In America Racial Profiling Racial Prejudice Blacklivesmatter

Book:Betrayal In Black

Source: Betrayal In Black

“The bottom line is the driver was twenty to twenty-five years older than the robbery suspect. Both husband and wife were college- educated, middle-class American citizens, like you and me.” “Except that they were black, and we are not,” Jennifer states the obvious.”

Fear Race Social Justice Civil Rights Inequality Police Brutality Racism In America Racial Profiling Racial Prejudice Blacklivesmatter

Book:Betrayal In Black

Source: Betrayal In Black

“The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures.”

God Faith Prayer Emotions Sufferings

Book:Prayer for Beginners

Source: Prayer for Beginners

“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high opinion of oneself - the burden of self-importance. The narcissist reconstructs his own law of gravity which states that all things and all creatures must adhere to his personal satisfaction, but when they do not, the pain is far more intense than it is for one who is free from the clamors of 'I'.”

Pain Fear Psychology Ego Threat Satisfaction Burden Narcissism Paranoia Intimidation Self Centeredness

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short.”

Reason Fear

Book:Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Source: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

“Many of us live in denial of who we truly are because we fear losing someone or something-and there are times that if we don't rock the boat, too often the one we lose is ourselves...It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to that club is far too high of a price to pay.”

Fear Shame Authenticity Rejection Codependency

Author:Dennis Merritt Jones

“Give in to love or live in fear.”

World Love Life Fear Rent

Author:Jonathan Larson

“Don't you see? You can't be brave without being afraid. The brave ones are always afraid. But they do what they must, even so.”

Fear Bravery Teri Hall The Line

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“If you want to see how far we have not come from the cave and the woods, from the lonely and dangerous days of the prarie or the plain, witness the reaction of a modern suburban family, nearly ready for bed, when the doorbell rings or the door is rattled. They will stop where they stand, or sit bolt upright in their beds, as if a streak of pure lightning has passed through the house. Eyes wide, voices fearful, they will whisper to each other, "There's someone at the door," in a way that might make you believe they have always feared and anticipated this moment - that they have spent their lives being stalked.”

Fear Suburbs

Author:Alice McDermott

“I should have told someone. But I didn’t. I didn’t think it was anything significant until it was.”

Fear Terror Paranoia

Book:I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Source: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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