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Quotes About Panic

You are as ordinary as spring,' he murmured. 'As powerless as sunlight.' He ran his fingertips down her neck. 'And when I touch you, I burn,' he said, making her heart stop and a flare of wild panic light inside her. He was too close; he was getting to her.
~ Charlotte Lamb
it's like being attacked by a RAT!
~ Chaucer Geoffrey
Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.
~ Uma Thurman
Everyone was doomsdaying today. *
~ Tim Lebbon
For the most part they carried themselves with poise, a kind of dignity. Now and then, however, there were times of panic, when they squealed or wanted to squeal but couldn't, when they twitched and made moaning sounds and covered their heads and said Dear Jesus and flopped around on the earth and fired their weapons blindly and cringed and sobbed and begged for the noise to stop and went wild and made stupid promises to themselves and to God and to their mothers and fathers, hoping not to die.
~ Tim O'Brien
personnel screaming, and hotel
~ Tom Clancy
Nu ai voie s? la?i frica s? te domine, dac? ceva nu merge cum trebuie. Nu e loc de panic? în toiul luptei.
~ Kevin Dutton
People do incredibly stupid things when they are frightened
~ Kirsten Beyer
The woman opened her eyes. "I can't feel my feet." Panic filled her voice now. "Just hold on, Mrs. Mason," he told her, touched by what was happening, moved by his enemy death, even as death began to press down. Be gentle, you demon, he thought.
~ Carla Kelly
I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.
~ Carly Simon
Call the fire department," I said, trying hard to stay calm. "On it." Bess said, digging into her pocket. "I'll text 911." "Don't text, call!" I said, feeling my heart pounding in the chest.
~ Carolyn Keene
So we're effectively cut off from the world with a badly injured woman and a homicidal maniac on the loose.
~ Carrie Stuart Parks
This myth called bravery, which is half-panic, half-lunacy (in my case, all panic), pays for all; in England you can't be a hero and bad. There's practically a law against it.
~ George MacDonald Fraser
Q. Why don't the British panic? A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their panic from their ecstasy.
~ George Mikes
If the lamb sees the knife, she panics. Her panic seeps into her meat, darkens it, fouls the flavor.
~ George R.R. Martin
Humans are frail in our eyes today, and we secretly wonder whether those with poise and stiff upper lips are merely ticking time bombs. The freak-out allows us to feel we're not alone in our inner panic.
~ George Takei
All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.
~ Gerald Durrell
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic... The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fear breeds fear.
~ Byron Janis
Needless fear and panic over disease or misfortune that seldom materialize are simply bad habits. By proper ventilation and illumination of the mind it is possible to cultivate tolerance, poise and real courage.
~ Elie Metchnikoff
Hey 2020 — What the heck are murder hornets? And how much toilet paper do I need to buy?
~ Internet meme, May 2020
Vishous screamed. The only thing that was louder was the pop as the hip was relocated, as it were. And the last thing he saw before he checked out of the Conscious Inn & Suites was Jane's head whipping around in a panic. In her eyes was stark terror, as if the single worst thing that she could imagine was him in agony... And that was when he knew that he still loved her.
~ J.R. Ward
He ran for his toilet to throw up, but he didn't make it that far.
~ J.R. Ward
Propping his head on his gloved fist, he muttered, "One of my old dreams just came true." As Butch's panic deflated, he rolled his eyes. "And what was that." "I just fucked you in the ass." Blink. Blink. And then Butch started laughing. "Yeah, yeah, good joke. Okay, what did Lass do now?" "No, I'm serious. I just screwed you. Badly. I'm really fucking sorry.
~ J.R. Ward