“Madness also makes folks uneasy; they fear contagion.”
Jane Yolen (1939) American speculative fiction and children's writer
Source: Short fiction, Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985), The Tree’s Wife (p. 78)
“Madness also makes folks uneasy; they fear contagion.”
Jane Yolen (1939) American speculative fiction and children's writer
Source: Short fiction, Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985), The Tree’s Wife (p. 78)
“Beauty and folly are old companions.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“What is it about silence that makes people uneasy?”
Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator
Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
Christopher Paolini book Inheritance
Murtagh, in parting words to Eragon
Source: Inheritance (2011)
Context: When you teach them—teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what is right.
Jonathan Swift book A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding
A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding (1754, published posthumously)
“You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author
Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
John Holt book How Children Fail
How Children Fail (1964).