# Quote — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas

> How marvellously lie our anxieties, in filmy layers, one over the other! Take away that which has lain on the upper surface for so long – the care of cares – the only one, as it seemed to you, between your soul and the radiance of Heaven – and straight you find a new stratum there.

- Author: [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu.md)
- Book: [Uncle Silas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/uncle-silas.md)
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- Topics: [stress](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stress.md)
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