Karen Blixen Quote

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.

Seven Gothic Tales (ed. Vintage, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307791801

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.