Or do you like being frightened?” Hugh, though generally intelligent, is dense in certain ways; this is one of them.“ Why, of course, I like being frightened, ” I said. “I want to be made to creep and creep and creep. Fear is the most absorbing and luxurious of emotions. One forgets all else if one is afraid. E.F. Benson
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The quote says that we need to be scared and we need to be scared all the time. We can't just be scared once and then stop being scared because that's not what scares us. It's scary because it's different every time. If you don't think that's true then I'd say that you're either very brave or very stupid.

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