“ that is the way fear serves us: it always sides with the thing we are afraid of. ”
George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (1872). copy citation
| Author | George MacDonald |
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| Source | The Princess and the Goblin |
| Topic | fear enemy |
| Date | 1872 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/708/708-h/708-h.htm |
Context
“No one happening to see her, on she ran, unable to think for fear, and ready to run anywhere to elude the awful creature with the stilt-legs. Not daring to look behind her, she rushed straight out of the gate and up the mountain. It was foolish indeed—thus to run farther and farther from all who could help her, as if she had been seeking a fit spot for the goblin creature to eat her in his leisure; but that is the way fear serves us: it always sides with the thing we are afraid of.
The princess was soon out of breath with running uphill; but she ran on, for she fancied the horrible creature just behind her, forgetting that, had it been after her such long legs as those must have overtaken her long ago.” source
The princess was soon out of breath with running uphill; but she ran on, for she fancied the horrible creature just behind her, forgetting that, had it been after her such long legs as those must have overtaken her long ago.” source
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