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We're frightened of what makes us different.

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….it was a brave man’s fear. I knew what he meant. What must a brave general feel when he knows the battle has gone against him and nothing remains bu...more

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I was feeling fear. Not a wild, mortal fear, but something cold like a hook in my side.

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All my life,I've been afraid of things, as a child and a woman must be. I lied about it naturally. I fancied myself a witch and walked in dark streets...more

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What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none.

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We are the things that others fear," I said. "Remember that.

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And oh, how she pitched herself into things. She would draw pictures all day long for weeks on end, then throw out the pencils and never draw another ...more