Fear Quote by Alexander Gordon Smith

““With every movement the claustrophobia threatened to consume me, and several times I had to stop as the fear rang bells in my brain, making my entire body convulse.””

Alexander Gordon Smith

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“Welcome home, Soldier of Furnace.”

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“Next I was plunged into a void so profound that I thought I´d gone blind.”

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Gettting to know your characters is so much more important than plotting. Working out every detail of your story in advance, especially when you…

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But nobody can run from their own demons.

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“The tea-infused steam was another smell that brought back a fistful of memories, and I let them come. Better to open the door for…

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“It surged inside me, setting every nerve ending alight, making me feel like I could snap my fingers and stop time, cut the stars…

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Don't need a degree in rocket science to do this job.

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“Still no pain as such, just that infuriating itch.”

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The human mind is a powerful thing in many ways, but in others it's endlessly fragile—it takes only a single moment of pure terror…

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