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Quotes About Anxiety

I then vowed to finally finish the years-late sequel to my best-selling book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I needed that money. My mother needed that money. I hadn't been able to finish the book because of the pathological fear that my sequel would be The Phantom Menace instead of The Empire Strikes Back. But, on the airplane, I thought, Okay, okay, Phantom sucked, but it still made big cash. I'm gonna Yoda this book for my mother.
~ Sherman Alexie
Hello," my doctor said. "Are you there?" "Yes," I said. "So, what's going on?" "There are irregularities in your head." "My head's always been wrong
~ Sherman Alexie
The fear of poetry was multicultural and timeless.
~ Sherman Alexie
I wasn't afraid of the dark nearly as much as I was afraid of the monsters who hunted by night and day.
~ Sherman Alexie
Many adoptees try to convince themselves and others that they have no special needs. They are masters at keeping that vulnerable place within themselves concealed. However, beneath the surface there is often depression. Rage. Bewilderment. Confusion about identity. Fear of loss. Shame. Lack of direction. Lack of emotional stamina. Low stress tolerance. Floating anxiety.
~ Sherrie Eldridge
Not half as much as I'd miss me if you killed me. (He blinked like a girl and leaned against Ash's shoulder.) Please don't hurt me, Ash. Please. I don't want to die while I'm still a virgin. At least let me get laid before you kill me – which according to my mom I can't do until I'm married and I can't do that until I finish college. So you have to wait a good ten years before you snuff me. Deal? (Nick)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Hop in? Dude, are you out of your ever-loving mind? I can't touch this. I might leave a fingerprint or something. (Nick) Oh the horror. Guess I'll have to trade the piece of junk in and get a new one if that happens. (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Don't ask me any more questions, Keller. I'm just going to lie to you and I'd rather not have the stress of trying to remember what lie I handed you. (Alexion)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Hi,Bas. You want to hold him? Tory asked. Terrified at the mere thought, Styxx shook his hed.I might break him and piss off Acheron Tory and Bethany laughed. you can't break him, sweetie Bethany said. I don't know. The lat time i held a child that age, I must break it 'cause it leaked all over me
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
The worst decisions of your life will always be those that are made out of fear.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Have you ever wanted to put your head in a blender and turn on the liquefy switch? (Tate)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I don't wanna die, man. They're not playing. Have you seen how many of them are out there? One just took a shot at me, so unlike you morons, I'm hiding. Hiding is nice. (Vik)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You are such an optimist. My Spidey-sense is tingling all over the place. (Tory) That's from eating the ice cream. Relax. (Acheron) Relax. Trust me. It'll be all right. Isn't that how I ended up dead? (Danger) Stop feeding her anxiety. (Acheron) Anxiety. The Simi's never eaten that before. Is that tasty? (Simi) Not really. (Danger) Oh. Maybe we should put barbecue sauce on it. Everything's better with barbecue. (Simi)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You better, Artemis. Because if you don't get him under control, the world is going to become the very thing that makes you wake up screaming at night. (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
See what? I didn't see anything. There were no scary people there. Nothing freaky. I'm going home now and tomorrow I'm going to have the doctors check for a brain tumor. Full battery of tests. Whole nine yard. Whatever's wrong with me, we'll find it and deal with it. At this point, my vote is either tumor or space alien testing. Either one works for me. (Geary)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'm so overwhelmed." – Nick "Most of us are, Nick. Even though we look calm and peaceful on the outside, most of us are barely hanging on by our fingernails." – Caleb
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
The worst decisions in life we make are always the one we make out of fear.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
No. He's the personification of human fear. (Leta) Oh, goody. Just what I wanted to add to my dream. Should we invite him over for tea? (Aiden)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'm getting all warm and fuzzy inside at the prospect of these demon things roaming the street, preying on us. (Tate)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You know, I keep having this really weird feeling that you're going to take me someplace later and tie me up so that your friends can come laugh at me. (Channon) Does that happen to you often? (Sebastian) No, never, but this night has the makings for a Twilight Zone episode. (Channon)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
If you worry about every 'what if' that might befall you, your fears will paralyze you.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Aren't you afraid one of them will betray you? Take it all away? (Shahara) I'm sure one will eventually, but that's the least of what keeps me up at night. Trust me, there are a lot worse things in life than loosing a few credits. (Syn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
No one wanted to spontaneously combust into flames, especially not in traffic.' – Sundown
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
After that, anytime she caught me near a kitchen she'd start in on me. So I have an automatic sphincter clench any time I reach for a pan. (Devyn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon