Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.
Interpretation
Fear can spread more rapidly than any illness, impacting people's actions and thoughts.
In this quote, Dan Brown highlights the insidious nature of fear, suggesting that it can influence and spread among people more quickly than any physical virus. Just as a virus can infect individuals and society, fear can create widespread anxiety and panic, affecting decisions, behavior, and overall societal health.
In practice
In a discussion about overcoming anxiety in a public speaking workshop.
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.
When swimming into a dark tunnel,there arrives a point of no return when you no longer have enough breath to double back.your choice is to swim forward into the unknown....and pray for an exit
Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer.
Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
One of the worst days in America's history saw some of the bravest acts in Americans' history. We'll always honor the heroes of 9/11. And here at this hallowed place, we pledge that we will never forget their sacrifice.
The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
Closing down in the midst of pain is a denial of a man's true nature. A superior man is free in feeling and action, even amidst great pain and hurt. If necessary, a man should live with a hurting heart rather than a closed one. He should learn to stay in the wound of pain and act with spontaneous skill and love even from that place.
Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life.
Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free . . . .
Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.
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