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Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid. Ain't nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same

Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid. Ain't nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.

William Faulkner
Courage, Hurt, Men
William Faulkner (2011). “Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner”, p.364, Vintage

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

William Faulkner
Hurt, Military, Thinking
William Faulkner, Joseph L. Fant, Robert Paul Ashley (1964). “Faulkner at West Point”, p.59, Univ. Press of Mississippi

A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol with a hair trigger: if it stays alive long enough, somebody is going to be hurt. But if it's a good dream, it's worth it.

William Faulkner
Dream, Hurt, Hair
William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.812, Modern Library

It was like something you have dreaded and feared and dodged for years until it seemed like all your life, then despite everything it happened to you and all it was was just pain, all it did was hurt and so it was all over, all finished, all right.

William Faulkner
Hurt, Pain, Years
William Faulkner (1956). “Intruder in the Dust”

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