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Quotes About Claustrophobia

I always think that 'Sound of My Voice' is a movie about the crumbs in 'Hansel and Gretel.' You know, those crumbs. It's about finding your way out of the claustrophobia and alienation of modern life.
~ Zal Batmanglij
In Rikers, you had the Italians over here, the Spanish over here, the Blacks here, then there would be your Christians here and your Muslim brotherhood here. It's just like the outside, but in very closed quarters where you have to get along or else. The sense of claustrophobia in 'Orange is the New Black' - that's real.
~ Sharon Jones
I am claustrophobic, I hate spiders, I don't love snakes but I would take a snake over a spider and I couldn't do a sky dive.
~ Frankie Bridge
On a sub, you know, there's no place for things to drain to. The survivors claimed that the blood was knee-deep all through the submarine.
~ Neal Stephenson
We spent a century closed up within four walls and a roof. We are claustrophobic. We prefer the sun and the wind and the sea though it bites some of us who are made of metal, and tears papery hearts.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
I cant swim underwater. I am claustrophobic and I am scared of creepy crawlies.
~ Nikki Tamboli
I hate those domed stadiums because the air is goofed up. There's no fresh air, and you almost feel like you have claustrophobia.
~ Mike Webster
There are cases where coffins have been dug up and they've found scratch marks on the lids inside, broken fingernails stuck in the wood, bloody handprints." I shudder,
~ Graham McNamee
He remembered his agreement with Darby and felt a sudden claustrophobia. He'd have to deal with that when the time came.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
Going under the water and staying under the water for periods of time gives me claustrophobia.
~ Anna Gunn
Empty?! You took all the cookies!" "They were crying to get out of the jar... Cookies get claustrophobia too, you know!
~ Charles M. Schulz
The institution of marriage should be re-examined because of its overwhelming claustrophobia. The odds are stacked against spontaneity and effervescence. It's an institution that was brought about for the sake of family and children, but biologically, it's very unnatural. It's masochism and torture the way it's been organized.
~ Peter Beard
This morning, as Langdon raised his eyes skyward to the famed red-tiled dome that had been an architectural feat of its era, he recalled the time he had foolishly decided to ascend the dome only to discover that its narrow, tourist-crammed staircases were as distressing as any of the claustrophobic spaces he'd ever encountered.
~ Dan Brown
Love and sex both cause mutation, just like I think desire isn't lack. It's surplus energy- a claustrophobia inside your skin -
~ Chris Kraus
Desire isn't lack, it's surplus energy - a claustrophobia inside your skin -.
~ Chris Kraus
I still experienced some moderate feelings of anxiety—like when you're buried alive.
~ Woody Allen
I'm kind of claustrophobic... It's not even like enclosed spaces. It's like I hate being stuck in one band, you know? Just being stuck is the biggest drag, for fear that, you know, just that you can't get out.
~ Dave Grohl
Certain things make me anxious. God forbid I get stuck in an elevator.
~ Elizabeth Vargas
I wanted 'Alien' to be all about claustrophobia.
~ Ridley Scott
It was an intensely lonely moment, like all of eighth grade condensed into one claustrophobic second.
~ Unknown
Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out! Get me out!
~ R.L. Stine
The world and everything in it was intolerably and permanently fucked and nothing had ever been good or okay, unbearable claustrophobia of the soul, the windowless room, no way out, waves of shame and horror, leave me alone.
~ Donna Tartt
unbearable claustrophobia of the soul, the windowless room, no way out, waves of shame and horror
~ Donna Tartt
welcome sign that shouted: "We love visitors in Sunshine, Texas! Stay for a while—we'll make you smile!" Underneath that horrible threat was the number of idiots who lived here: 403. I was already claustrophobic. I preferred big cities with their bad drivers, polluted skies, shitty attitudes, and endless cheap motel and diner options.
~ Mandy M. Roth