Fear is a way of not allowing yourself to choose freely what you will do next; a way of letting your body's reflexes, not the needs of your mind, choose for you.
Marion Zimmer BradleyWhat wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?
Marion Zimmer BradleyIf you own a machine, you are in turn owned by it, and spend your time serving it.
Marion Zimmer BradleyWhat you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear is yours, and yours alone, like your voice, or your fingers, or your memory, and therefore yours to control. If you feel powerless over your fear, you have not yet admitted that it is yours, to do with as you will.
Marion Zimmer Bradley