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“...love rather than fear...this radical philosophy is coming from me, an avowed misanthrope...surely there is hope for us all.” quote by Bill Hicks — Download Open image

“...love rather than fear...this radical philosophy is coming from me, an avowed misanthrope...surely there is hope for us all.”

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“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months now, I’ve lived in terror, fearing everything and everyone. I don’t want to be scared anymore. The only time I’ve ever felt safe is in your arms. I love you, and I just want to let…

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“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.”

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“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its…

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When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone twice your size who wants to pound you into the earth - it feels as if you're being injected with darkness. It's like black water as cold as ice settling in your body where your blood…

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“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle. Anyway, both of these impulses can destroy order, which comes out of both drives, and which is another human need I haven't yet fit into my scheme. So both have to be controlled. But in fact,…

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