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Gavin de Becker

The Gift of Fear

Gavin de Becker

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Famous Gavin de Becker Quotes

“At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“No” is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“intuition is always right in at least two important ways;
It is always in response to something.
it always has your best interest at heart”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“There’s a lesson in real-life stalking cases that young women can benefit from learning: persistence only proves persistence—it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn’t mean you are special—it means he is troubled.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

Gavin de Becker Quotes

“It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different--men and women live in different worlds… at core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“Denial is a save now, pay later scheme.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“Only human beings can look directly at something, have all the information they need to make an accurate prediction, perhaps even momentarily make the accurate prediction, and then say that it isn't so.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.”

Gavin de Becker

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“The unsolicited promise is one of the most reliable signals because it is nearly always of questionable motive.”

Gavin de Becker book The Gift of Fear

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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