Comparison Quote by Jodi Picoult

“And among many understandings and misunderstandings, Lany and Antony once again were victims of an illusory love...”

— Pet Torres

“Events in his own past he never thought of as evil but rather as mistaken, immensely regrettable, brought about by fear and greed.”

— Barbara Vine

“But paranoids might have real enemies and obsessives might obsess about really important stuff.”

— Stan Goff

There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was…

— William Shakespeare

“Antony wanted to be whole and to experience more progress in his desire for God. The angelic vision corrected his desire for something “better”…

— David Keller

“He firmly believed that everything he did was right, that he ought on all occasions to have his own way—and like the sting of…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“But he knew what was wrong with him; he was ashamed of himself and afraid of them- afraid of the society whe so despised.”

— Ryünosuke Akutagawa

“With distrust came suspicion and with suspicion came fear, and with fear came hate--and these, in already distorted minds, inflamed a hell.”

— Zane Grey

“A guilty conscience, urged with the thought Of former evils, easily cannot err.”

— Thomas Kyd

“I had always detested the meddlesome alarmist, who veils ignorance under noisiness, and for ever wails his chant of lugubrious pessimism.”

— Erskine Childers

“17. He thought that thus fear would act as a curb on lust, and that lust being curbed would not run riot in luxury,…

— Augustine of Hippo

“His success was due in part to his ability to spread his own paranoia, the fear that there was always somebody about to attack.”

— Joshua Davis