It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.

Elizabeth Kostova
About This Quote

If you have watched the movie Saw, then you have seen what this quote means. When Jigsaw is torturing people with his traps, he uses his intelligence to make the process more lingering and painful. His intelligence is what drives him to use this method instead of simple torture or beating someone up. The intelligence of Jigsaw is what drives him to achieve his goal, which is to make the person feel pain; therefore; the true meaning of the quote is that it isn’t fear that will change your mind but your own creativity.

Source: The Historian

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