# Quote — Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

> "Fear,” Jason said, “can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you're afraid you don’t commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back.”'

- Author: [Philip K. Dick](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick.md)
- Book: [Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/flow-my-tears-the-policeman-said.md)
- Page: 171
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> Once they notice you, Jason realized, they never completely close the file. You can never get back your anonymity. It is vital not to be noticed in the first place.

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> “Are you an official of some kind? Like a greeter? Or from the L. A. Chamber of Commerce? I've had dealings with them and they’re all right.”
>
> “No,” Buckman said. “I'm an individual. Like you.”

p. 222 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/flow-my-tears-the-policeman-said/are-you-an-official.md)

> Probably she should not have gotten away with it for as long as she had...but sometime, he had often thought, the retribution will come: reality denied comes back to haunt.

p. 129 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/flow-my-tears-the-policeman-said/probably-she-should.md)