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How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by

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"How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?"

- Joseph Conrad

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This quote is written / told by Joseph Conrad between December 3, 1857 and August 3, 1924. He/she was a famous Novelist from Poland. The author also have 47 other quotes.

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