"Fear is isolating for those that fear. And I have come to believe that fear is a cruelty to those who are feared."

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Source : "No-Man’s-Land" by Eula Biss, www.believermag.com. February 2008.

Eula Biss

#Believe Quotes #Cruelty Quotes

“I believe we came from nowhere. We show up, and we are now here. It's all the same. It just is a question of spacing.”
“I love the Latin neighborhoods in Los Angeles. It's like traveling all over Latin America without ever leaving LA.”
“My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit down to write, and things change.”
“Itâ€™s less as if he sees me and more as if . . . something happens to him.”
“I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else's boat or you'll regret in in the morning.”
“I did drop out of school.”
“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”
“Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.”

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