Bernard Beckett Quotes

Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.

In the end, living is defined by dying.

But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip.

Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.