There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.

Ray Bradbury

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Bradbury, Ray. "Usher II." The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday, 1950.

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Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Schocken Books, 1951, pt. 3, ch. 13.

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Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 230.

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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1980.

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