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“Seeing how scared the elephants were forced him to consider how fragile they were. Of course, I had always known this. Having a thick hide doesn't shield you from the terrible things the world has in store.”

Book:The Island of Last Things

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“Credo che la paura, il terrore e lo spavento siano percepiti di solito come stati passeggeri. Emozioni fulminee e fortissime, che però non durano. Non è vero. La paura non passa a meno che non sia rimpiazzata da qualcos’altro. Se può, la paura vera resta e si amplifica. Non puoi uscirne vincitore, pensare di essere più intelligente e fartela passare. Se non curata, la paura ti infetta. Sì, la paura è un’infezione.”

Fear Paura

Author:Iain Reid

“Are you afraid?" "I don't think so. I fear nothing when I'm doing right.”

Fear Fearlessness Being Afraid Doing Right

Book:Kate and the Beanstalk

Source: Kate and the Beanstalk

“Poetry won’t solve the dilemma of whether you die. It only solves the dilemma of whether you live—and how.”

Life Philosophy Truth Poetry Fear

Book:The Life · The Wound · The Love

Source: The Life · The Wound · The Love

“I am afraid. But I am no longer afraid of fear.”

Life Philosophy Truth Fear Self Discovery

Book:The Life · The Wound · The Love

Source: The Life · The Wound · The Love

“You don't really mean that we got to be frightened all the time of nothing? Life' said Piggy expansively, 'Is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be travelling to Mars and back. I know there isn't no beast, not with claws and all that, I mean, but I know there isn't no fear either.' Piggy paused. 'Unless' Ralph moved restlessly. 'Unless what?' 'Unless we get frightened of people.”

War Fear Violence Human Nature Dystopian

Book:Lord of the Flies

Source: Lord of the Flies

“There's somethin I learned when I was homeless: Our limitation is God's opportunity. When you get all the way to the end of your rope and there ain't nothin you can do, that's when God takes over. I remember one time I was hunkered down in the hobo jungle with some folks. We was talkin 'bout life, and this fella was talkin, said, 'People think they're in control, but they ain't. The truth is, that which must befall thee must befall thee. And that which must pass the by must pass thee by.”

God Limitations

Book:Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

Source: Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

“You have terror and I have tears. In this cruel way, we are for each other. We are at war. You always win. But I do not go away. You shoot me again. Again, I do not go away. You shoot with bullets, but you have nothing else.”

War Poetry Winning Fear Tears Poem Terror Crying Migrants Terrorizing

Book:Not Go Away Is My Name

Source: Not Go Away Is My Name

“In the place between scorpions and manners, Between scream and please pass the salt, Somewhere between John Kennedy’s November And my next-door neighbor’s blue flowerbeds, We live our lives.”

Life Poetry Fear Danger Poem Living Manners Politeness Normalcy Scorpions

Book:Not Go Away Is My Name

Source: Not Go Away Is My Name

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