He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect. He inspired uneasiness. That was it!
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Heart of Darkness
by
Joseph Conrad
In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
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Great Expectations
by
Charles Dickens
How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.
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Dracula
by
Bram Stoker
Ill armed and half starved, they were still desperate men, to whom danger had lost all fears: for what was death that they should shun it to cling to such a life as theirs?
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The White Company
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.
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The White Company
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle