Frozen, right? But to others, it looks like you're calm as could be. That's why some of the others tease you so mercilessly sometimes. They thing you're made of stone, and they want to break in and touch the human feelings. They just don't know that when you seem most stony, that's when you're the most frightened and breakable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Stoic appearances can mask deep fear. Others may mistake composure for coldness.
- In plain terms
- People think you are calm when you are actually scared.
- What can you take from it?
- Your calm may hide fear from others.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you mask your fear?
- Have others misunderstood your calm?
Another view
Not everyone who appears calm is actually afraid.
More from Orson Scott Card
You don't understand everything, but you still make decisions. Well, we don't understand everything, either. But we decided didn't we? And we made the right ch…
Permalink to quote #405 Like when you wake up in the middle of the night with a very important idea from a dream, and you writed it down and then in the morning it says 'Not the food!…
Permalink to quote #407 You're still young so you still think the whole universe revolves around you. But the fact is that it doesn't
Permalink to quote #404
Related quotes
My soul is full of whispered song,- My blindness is my sight; The shadows that I feared so long Are full of life and light.
Alice CaryAlice Cary quote #1 'Can't hear you. I'm inside my protective blanket of fear.'
Scott R. KurtzScott R. Kurtz quote #1 The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance …
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy quote #2