W Karbowski

“Fear is blindness, he muttered, repeating the old Shin aphorism. Calmness, sight.”
― Brian Staveley, The Emperor's Blades

“Fear is good. Fear can focus you if you don’t allow it to consume you.”
― David Estes, Kingfall

“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion