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“You can see real attitude of man when he's terrified.”

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Book:My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

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“There would be no more offerings. Not this day. Not any day. Humankind had suffered enough for its love of gods, its long search for God. He thought of the many centuries in which his people, the Jews, had negotiated with God, complaining, bickering, decrying the unfairness of things but always - always - returning to obedience at whatever the cost. Generations dying in the ovens of hatred. Future generations scarred by the cold fires of radiation and renewed hatred.”

God Religion Suffering Hatred Obedience Searching

Book:The Fall of Hyperion

Source: The Fall of Hyperion

“The fears of children were simpler and usually more powerful. The fears of children could often be summoned up in a single face... and if bait were needed, why, what child did not love a clown?”

Fear

Book:It

Source: It

“Fear is a bird that refuses to fly, and each time she neglects to use her wings, she consents to the slow death of her destiny.”

Inspirational Fear

Author:Nadia Janice Brown

“I need anything, anything that will stop me from living in the kind of death the bourgeois eat, the death called comfort.”

Fear Comfort Safety Meaning Boredom Materialism Rebellion Mediocrity Bourgeoisie Escape Velocity

Book:In Memoriam to Identity

Source: In Memoriam to Identity

“Roars of outrage came from the city walls as the Erbean soldiers watched Alluen and her comrades draw their knives across the captives’ throats and drop them to the ground. Roth’s voice rose over the hubbub. “You may kill them all Burnett, but my gates will remain closed!”

Action Fear Fiction Mystery Danger Adventure Drama Exciting Heroes Intrigue

Book:White Light Red Fire

Source: White Light Red Fire

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

Love Fear Illusion Arthur Miller

Author:Arthur Miller

“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

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