Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If youโre afraid, thatโs the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Donโt run; donโt panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.
Barry LygaJazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough that she knew it wasn't hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And the kind of flowers you send to funerals.
Barry Lyga...called nine-one-one," Howie was saying, "and then I heard something in the alleyway, so I went back there and" --Howie coughed-- "and valiantly attacked his knife with my guts, to no avail." "Did you get a good look at him? Could you describe him?" Howie smiled wanly. "Yeah. He was about yay long" --he held up his hands, four inches apart-- "thin, made of steel. Pointy. Sharp.
Barry Lyga