Quote by Geraldine Brooks
The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer

The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow. – Geraldine Brooks

Other quotes by Geraldine Brooks

The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure. – Geraldine Brooks

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Imagination
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There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us. – Geraldine Brooks

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Courage
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You cant write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. Im very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. – Geraldine Brooks

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Fear
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There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. – Andrew Weil

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Fear

Dont let the fear of striking out hold you back. – Babe Ruth

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Fear

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it. – Lionel Richie

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The Bible says not to worry so I dont. I just get up in the morning and ask God for help to get through the day. If tomorrow shows up then Ill take the same shot tomorrow. – Paul Henderson

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When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods. – Leon Battista Alberti

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