Quotes From 'Greatest Fear'

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Greatest Fear: Get old without having a stable job or partner. She hates failing and getting rejected or being deceived.
Secret: She falls in love with her poetry professor after the first lecture, so she approaches him and has this forbidden relationship.
First response in an emergency: She curses inside of herself, silently so that nobody notices: “Oh, Fuck. I’m screwed.” Or just simply announces her embarrassment with the situation by saying What the hell is going on now?
What animal would this character will be if he/she was an animal: Arabian red fox – she follows the owner (Ty when in relationship), but when the owner leaves her, she is good by herself.
What instrument: her voice, bodily gesture when she is treating Ty, change in her voice at the dinner party, eye contact.
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She wasn’t in a deep love with Ty. She knew that the whole relationship was light so it wasn’t hard for her to end the relationship.
Pet peeve (what are the things that get their hornets buzzing): somebody saying she is wrong or condescending

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