Wilful Disregard Quotes

The girlfriend chorus had taken up residence in her head and now said: But can’t you see he doesn’t want to, you’ve not been together for nearly a year. What are you doing? She thought: I should walk away. But I don’t want to. I want to stand here with him. It’s the only place in the world I want to be. The girlfriend chorus said: Where’s your pride? She

Fear warns us to proceed with caution in new territory. Fear helps us to fully consider our options before making big decisions. To be ruled by fear of the unknown is another thing. If we don’t regulate our reaction, then with time that natural response festers to something darker. Fear can become avoidance. Avoidance to wilful ignorance. Combined, that becomes an angry disregard that rots to blind hatred. Yet at the root of all that remains one thing. Fear. Those who hate have allowed that emotion to rule them. What’s more, they’ve convinced themselves they don’t feel fear at all—that their hate is warranted and just. And that makes them small. Tiny.