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Peter Straub

"I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear."

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

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"Fear deprives us the fullness of existence."

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

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

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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."

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

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"There are things so horrible that even the dark is afraid of them. Most people don't know this and this is just as well because the world could not really operate if everyone stayed in bed with the blankets over their head, which is what would happen if people knew what horrors lay a shadow's width away."

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Donna Grant

"Do not allow the anxiety on how you will achieve your goals stop you from dreaming."

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"Fear totally obliterates a person, it makes people tolerate what is impossible to handle."

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