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Underneath my imagination there didn't seem to be anything solid except for the space where I shoved my pain and sadness. Besides that, there were only twisted steel threads of axiety, woven through my body and brain, wired into me like a constant warning. Watch out, stay still, move away, stay silent, fight back, run and hide. Even when I was dreaming, but more so when I was awake, there was the constant fear of being caught off-guard, or by the wrong person at the wrong time. ↗

— Jane Devin

#self #dreams

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#humbly #more #placed #should #walk

It's a tough case and the first time Reacher needs to recruit somebody to help him out. He uses a woman he knew in the army she's a fascinating character. ↗

— Lee Child

#case #character #fascinating #first #first time

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#happiness #happy #how #make #may

So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked. ↗

— Lee Child

#another #answer #become #book #desperation

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. ↗

— Lee Child

#dawn #goes #invention #probably #recent

There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. ↗

— Lee Child

#nothing #story #telling #wrong

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? ↗

— Lee Child

#could #frustrating #great #just #know

We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it. ↗

— Lee Child

#admit #civilised #doubt #happy #head

Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself. ↗

— Lee Child

#i #i am #myself #pretty #sure