Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be doneโthat's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.
Piers AnthonyHere's a secret: fictive text doesn't necessarily flow easily. Most of the time it's more like cutting a highway through a mountain. You just have to keep working with your pick, chipping away at the rock, making slow progress.
Piers AnthonyOne thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. Weโve learned to cope in ways you never had to.
Piers Anthony