America Quote by Mohsin Hamid

“the less we fear that foreigners are going to kill us, the less we’re interested in them’.”

— Kate Adie

“a land even more remote, America, which is farther than death.”

— Halldór Laxness

“Suffice it to say, we were horrified by the entire concept of dying, even if we weren't the ones with the death sentence.”

— Tosca Lee

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

“But I knew one more thing. That people who denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger.”

— Janet Fitch

“Their great fear was not death, but the brevity of an insufficient life.”

— Madeleine Thien

“Everything frightens me, and it's well that it does. Fear is a good friend to the hunted, it's kept me alive this long. The…

— Joe Abercrombie

“It is in vain to threaten one who is not afraid to die, and pointless to menace one who is not afraid to live.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“They were afraid of dying, but they were even more afraid to show it.”

— Tim O'Brien

“And while I'm sure they're very admirable and brave and all the rest of it, I don't personally fancy the mortality rate -”

— J.K. Rowling

“A part of us stayed like that: fearful of the world around us, and-no matter how much we despised ourselves for it-unable quite to…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“We have risked our lives for our country - not the country we live in now, but the country we hope to have.”

— Marie Lu