Fear is the prison we build around ourselves. - Elsa Morante

"Fear is the prison we build around ourselves."

Elsa Morante Fear

Novelist Italian 1912–1985

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"Love is the only thing that can save us from ourselves."

"Art is the only truth that matters."

"We are all prisoners of our own history."

"Face your fears with courage."

"You can't live your life in fear."

"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"

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