They thought he was scared all the time because he was a coward. The truth was, only he could see the world clearly enough to know how truly scary it was.
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Related The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it? ... No Face... a pe... DEYTH BANGER It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back agai... NEIL GAIMAN The boy's only 14. He was probably scared out of his mind. He didn't want to see what was going on, ... CARL FLETCHER He was coerced into saying what he said. He thought he was cooperating and truly didn't know what he... WAZHMA MOJADDIDI The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the l... CHRISTINA ENGELA He said ..." A pause. He cleared his throat. "He said that pity was the only love I could hope for."... R. SCOTT BAKKER It was a little scary when he starting throwing punches, ... I was scared. I didn't want to get hit. DEREK JETER There were things he'd been scared to face his whole life, and now that he was looking them in the e... LEV GROSSMAN He was scared. He was nervous, anxious -- he wanted to know what was going on. ELIZABETH HENDERSON That showed me frustration right there. He was mad and tired. He was beat. You could see it clearly. DARREN COLLISON Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. <... MARGARET MCMULLAN It wasn't a lot of fun, ... He was very demanding and hot tempered. He threatened to fire people. ..... GEORGE HARRIS If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER He was depressed. He was addicted to heroin. And I think there comes a time when all the beauty in t... ANTONY JOHN Jefferson said he only read the advertisements in the newspaper, because it was there he was most li... HAROLD HOLZER And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Cor... NEIL GAIMAN He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have. ERNEST HEMINGWAY He was kind of a charismatic fellow, bright enough that he was able to walk between both of these wo... JERRY JONES The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ... CHRISTINA ENGELA It shouldn't have mattered, not when Miel and the other girls in his class wore jeans more than they... ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE He was a bully and a coward. He was the person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you. TOM CRUISE The surface of the pond was green with fallen leaves. "How could you have been happy there? I know w... CASSANDRA CLARE All Welsh knew was that he was scared shitless, and at the same time was afflicted with a choking go... JAMES JONES He was looking for a dog who would pay attention to him, who was very responsive and he thought that... SIDNEY SACHS I think it was the right thing. I know how hard this was for him. He would like to play until he was... JERRY RICE Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the busi... WAYLON JENNINGS He was asking all these questions, wanting to know what the deformity was. I asked him why he needed... SUE BAILEY We all knew he was (staying). Obviously I know that he was offered that deal, but he thought about a... KARON BRADLEY However this miraculous place worked, it seemed real enough. The sun was hot, the soda was cold, the... CLIVE BARKER He just was ill. He was just hollering and screaming all the time. He just did not know what was cau... JUANNA GRAHAM She smiled at him. “How did you know just what I’d want to see?” “How could I not?” h... CASSANDRA CLARE He was scary a year ago and he was scary out there today. FRANK TAVANI I did not know then what Brother William was seeking, and to tell the truth, I still do not know tod... UMBERTO ECO What was on the other side?" Donna said, "He said there was another world on the other side. He... PHILIP K. DICK He looked at the viewscreen and couldn’t believe it. If the other ship were any closer, then it wo... CHRISTINA ENGELA He told me he was truly sorry. We talked for about 20 minutes, just us. It was weird how he just hel... LARRY RODRIGUEZ He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen an... CORMAC MCCARTHY I thought he was OK, but he stopped breathing and they had to put him on a respirator. When I was ab... CODY COLVIN He was lonely because he could imagine himself as anything but himself and as anywhere but where he ... WENDELL BERRY I saw him fall the first time and he was crawling. I thought he had a seizure. I didn't know. He sai... LINDA PIRRO I was in his kitchen about a month ago telling him, 'You've got to have another dinner for your fund... MAPLE LEAF We thought he was dead because they said the water was contaminated. BARBARA WALKER The first impression I had was hitting ground balls to him and you realized that he was a special pe... BUDDY BAILEY It was like Frank Sinatra. He was so popular because he was a storyteller, and it was the same thing... MARCUS BELGRAVE How did he keep playing when money got really tight, and there was no more food in the house? H... ANTONY JOHN For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he wa... LARRY FITZGERALD When they said he was going to be the guy, it was amazing because no one could be a bigger fan not o... BOB GOLIC (Green) really had a great day. He was hitting the ball smart and he was hitting it where I wanted h... BRYAN KING That was just the horse. He was amazing. I was sure he was beat, but he just dug in. He knew that it... DANIELLE HODSDON The only thing that ever scared him was finding out there was something he couldn't do, so he damn w... JOEY W. HILL Michael hated this, it was the worst thing he could imagine, disappearing into the mass- he didn't k... JANET FITCH It scared me to death. It scared everybody. To be honest with you, it scared me so bad I can't even ... JAMIE WINBORN I thought it was one of those games where he was going to go all the way, ... He was really pumped u... MARIANO RIVERA All that existed was the blinding imperative to not think, to leave it all behind. To have it all fa... AMY ANDREWS That's one of the only times I've seen Dano get nervous. You could see he was on edge. He was like a... TOMMY ALBELIN He showed just how tough he was tonight. You could see a few times where he was really fatigued, but... DAVE ROSE My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In... ANDY GARCIA By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usual... LEV GROSSMAN He isn't the person I thought he was. I truly have suffered from a broken heart. JOANN SIMS He thought he was dreaming. I was so glad to see him. CAROLYN WILKERSON I thought it was his arm, I didn't know his face was in the way. When I walked over there, he wasn't... BRANDON CLAUSSEN I just knew who it was. The light was on and I saw him. He had a ski mask on, but it was all open ..... JOHN GARRETT I thought he was trying to kill me. He's already broken my nose. He's taken a swing at me with a bas... BRADFORD CARL ROSS He was so thorough it was scary. It always felt like he was talking right at you. HERB HART McGee’s old touring car had once been green. It had also been painted black, but this had worn thi... JONATHAN LATIMER My brother was scouted for a commercial when he was three, and it was just because he could speak cl... ROSE MCIVER I was a little bit scared at first. I was in my 30s when I originally sang those numbers. Now, I am ... ASHA BHOSLE I am eighty-three years old, but I only remember the last seventy-one years. You see, when I was twe... T.J. KLUNE He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious... CASSANDRA CLARE Mykl d’Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his p... CHRISTINA ENGELA He was not developing the way I thought he would. He has all the physical talents in the world. CARLOS CUETO It was a long night for the umpires, too. I was only mad because he kept insisting he was right. CRAIG COUNSELL President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had ... KEVIN COSTNER It has been amazing to see how Trent has grown as a music artist, his lyrics have taken on a new mea... DOUG HOWARD He's just so easy about it all. He was getting disillusioned about the film world. He didn't know ho... ANNALISA HODGKINS This is clearly a traumatic event. He was distraught beyond belief because he knew he could have kil... DAVID NAGLE It's a shame he thought that was the only way he could get an education. There are just all kinds of... ANNE JOHNSON At the time, I didn't know that was how he felt. For me, it was more casual. DEB MILLINGTON But Hadley understood. It wasn't that she was meant to read them all. Maybe someday she would, but f... JENNIFER E. SMITH When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he w... BRIAN ENO Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn’t know where he was going, he didn’t know ... WINSTON CHURCHILL I want to hear one more of your stories Tangle up in your dreams, give up the fight ‘Pou... BECKY WICKS Love isn't all sparks and firecrackers. Sometimes it’s more subtle than that. BECKY WICKS It was frustrating because I didn't know how he died. I felt it was a suspicious death, the way he f... MARSHALL ALLEN His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one ti... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I said, 'Why's that?' and he said, 'It's because we only have so many faces in our pockets.' After a... JOHNNY DEPP Every time they saw him, they recognized him and knew him and expected things of him. And every time... CASSANDRA CLARE No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He ... TRENTON LEE STEWART The age, wherein he lived was dark; but he
Could not want sight, who taught the world to see. SIR JOHN DENHAM Bastard,” she spat at him, and she thought he had moved closer. She swung at him, and then suddenl... ROBIN HOBB The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the mor... GILBERT BURNET The best thing—in Shadow's opinion, perhaps the only good thing—about being in prison was a feel... NEIL GAIMAN Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And... JACK OSBOURNE I don't know. I think he was scared to play us, that's what I think. They were scared. ERIC MINGO He’s dying!’ Doctor Cove, one of the ship’s two medical officers told me, looking at his med-s... CHRISTINA ENGELA Now they came back to him, on this night he was seventeen years old. All the years and places of his... URSULA K. LE GUIN He was astonished at how calm he found he was. Fear of death had always energised him, making him mo... K.J. PARKER He was not all a father's heart could wish;/ But oh, he was my son! my only son. JOANNA BAILLIE It was scary to think of happily ever after. It was scary to think about trusting someone enough to ... RACHEL HAWTHORNE
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