"What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear is yours, and yours alone, like your voice, or your fingers, or your memory, and therefore yours to control. If you feel powerless over your fear, you have not yet admitted that it is yours, to do with as you will."

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Source : Marion Zimmer Bradley (2002). “The Ages of Chaos”, p.38, Penguin

Marion Zimmer Bradley

#Memories Quotes #Power Quotes #Voice Quotes

“I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!”
“I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.”
“I've been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.”
“I don't care about that. The Green Coat is enough for me.”
“Some stories we know well and some we learn as we go. Being able to shape and share these stories into new perspectives and new ideas is incredibly gratifying.”
“To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes.”

Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.123, Penguin
“An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.”
“Beautiful women seldom want to act. They are afraid of emotion and they do not try to extract anything from a character that they are portraying, because in expressing emotion they may encourage crow's feet and laughing wrinkles. They avoid anything that will disturb their placidity of countenance, for placidity of countenance insures a smooth skin.”

Source : "The Quality You Need Most". Green Book Magazine, April 1914.

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