I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
—Frank Herbert, Dune (1965)
Out of the ash I rise with my red hair and I eat men like air.
—Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus (1965)
Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I’ve a call.
—Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus (1965)