Sensationalism dies quickly – fear is long-lived.
I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose their head and do the most absurd things.
Where do one’s fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open?
There’s nothing for anyone to be afraid of if they’re only telling the truth.
There is nothing so terrible as to live in an atmosphere of suspicion – to see eyes watching you and the love in them changing to fear – nothing so terrible as to suspect those near and dear to you – It is poisonous – a miasma.
There are questions that you don’t ask because you’re afraid of the answers to them.
Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies.
Is death the greatest evil that can happen to anyone?
