"We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed."

Fear, Being, Dying

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"We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed."

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"Then the dwarves forgot their joy and their confident boasts of a moment before and cowered down in fright. Smaug was still to be reckoned with. It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Fear is a disease of mind we inherit from society."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Fear deprives us the fullness of existence."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"A monster's worst fear is of being found."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Fear, Survival, Warning, Life

"Until you break through the walls of fear, you will not be able to reach the door of opportunity."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Fear, Opportunity, Growth, Change

"How could I have been so ignorant? she thinks. So stupid, so unseeing, so given over to carelessness. But without such ignorance, such carelessness, how could we live? If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next-if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions-you'd be doomed. You'd be as ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Fear, Ignorance, Consequences, Love

"So many horrid Ghosts."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."

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"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."

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"This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude."

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