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Fear of Beauty Fear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel
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“I’m sure more than ever before that it’s best to live life intent on controlling ourselves more than on controlling others.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“A person deft with words can make an argument for anything.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“finding words used too often with so little thought. Evil is one. Beauty is another. Both require an observer, and both emerge as the result of another person’s assessment. An individual can never be completely confident that she is beautiful or free of evil. The designation demands acknowledgment from another person.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“Love was impossible without trust. Faith that relied on fear was wrong.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“Anything repeated enough could take on the aura of truth.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“Stereotyping, an inflated sense of superiority—it was why a high-tech military still struggled against insurgents dressed in rags, often going without food or basic supplies, piecing together weapons that were decades old, gathering parts to improvise explosives. The enemy was determined and patient.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“But prayers of the living do not move the dead.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“Some parents want their children to share their feelings and talk too much about the targets of their hate. I prefer that my children practice forming their own conclusions. Yesterday’s”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty
“A mother should not boast about her children, but he was too observant and intelligent, that one, often disconcerting men twice his age or more.”
Susan Froetschel, Fear of Beauty