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“When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong,...”
“The people need a strong leader. They feel insecure if they don’t know who to fear. Isn’t that why god was invented?”
“And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp.”
“I was afraid,” she said, “and I wanted to hear your voice.”
“No,” Joan vowed. She grabbed Bash’s shirt. “I don’t want this. Didn’t want this to happen.”Screams resonated.Bash continued quietly, “None of us do. That’s not up to us. We have to decide what we’r...”
“Fear is a fickle friend who will loyally stand by your side as long as you allow it to diminish you.”
“Safety and constancy were illusions granted only to those afraid enough not to peer beyond the walls.”
“Security is not having things, it’s handling things.”
“Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.”
“What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.”
“Love finds you, not the other way around, and you can’t run from it.”
“What we fear too much we often bring to pass.”
“You are wrong sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wr...”
“I am afraid of waking up to emptiness, to a place where my friends and family are gone and I am nothing but a single bolt of lightning in the blackness of a lonely storm. If I am a sword, I am a sw...”
“Many people still feel so scared about spirit or ghost, not yet realizing that there are so many unidentified living creatures on this planet earth which might be even more dreadful.”
“Insta-love isn’t something that happens in real life. Ithappens in the books I read, but not in the world I live. Though herestands this beautiful, sexy, funny, sweet and amazing guy who hasdone ev...”
“People that read fucking books don't take action!”
“All my contemporaries—hundred-and-fivers or convicts—will tell you how we livedin barely sentient fear, raisingchildren for the executioner,prison, or the torture chamber.”
“Just as courage imperils life fear protects it.”
“Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain whether of our worth or worthlessness we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.”
