White porcelain hand with curled fingers beside a pale feather

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Rachel Brown

I was always more afraid of you than of falling!

— Inherit the Wind

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker compares fear of another person with fear of falling. Surprisingly, the person has always seemed more frightening than the physical danger. The force comes from admitting that a familiar risk was outweighed by the presence of the person being addressed.

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