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"I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear."
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"Fear leads to worry. Worry leads to depression. But faith overcomes fear and worry."
"Fear is a perception to dare but not to scare."
"It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone's fear is equal."
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"I could a tale unfold whose lightest wordWould harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,Thy knotted and combined locks to part,And each particular hair to stand on endLike quills upon the fretful porpentine.But this eternal blazon must not beTo ears of flesh and blood.List, list, O list!"
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