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.
What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
For too long, we've allowed ourselves to equate targeted bullying with innocent teasing, or dismissed it as pranks and ignored the torment and long-term impact that an incident like this has on young people.
Survival is your strength not your shame.
I didn't realize that the platform could be this big until Colin Kaepernick first took a knee. When he did that, that was kind of an 'aha' moment for me.
Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.
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