"Pain explains a great deal of human conduct, but the fear of pain even more."

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Source : Neil Abramson (2011). “Unsaid: A Novel”, p.77, Hachette UK

Neil Abramson

#Fear Quotes #Pain Quotes #Deals Quotes

“I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could.”
“The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.”
“I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go to my dream college that had one of the best performing arts programs, and then go to LA to follow my dream of being an actress.”
“Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don't think of them as disabled. You amputate part of a nose, that's 'enhancement'. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that's 'augmentation'. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it's 'disability'?”
“Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect.”
“The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.”
“I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.”
“Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the US hadn't gotten involved in World War II?", you can become enthralled by the imaginary possibilities.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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