Quotes About Fear

and whatever walked there, walked alone.

I think we are only afraid of ourselves," the doctor said slowly. "No," Luke said. "Of seeing ourselves clearly and without disguise." "Of knowing what we really want

She shivered and though, the words coming freely into her mind, Hill House is vile, it is diseased; get away from here at once.

Someday, she said evilly, rubbing her hands against her eyes, I am going to get my eyes open all the time and then I will eat you and Lizzie both.

Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

Little Natalie, never rest until you have uncovered your essential self. Remember that. Somewhere, deep inside you, hidden by all sorts of fears and worries and petty little thoughts, is a clean pure being made of radiant colors.

Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone

She shivered and thought, the words coming freely into her mind, Hill House is vile, it is diseased; get away from here at once.

Hill House went dancing,' Theodora said, 'taking us along a mad midnight fling. At least I think it was dancing; it might have been turning somersaults.

I don't stay after I set out dinner," Mrs. Dudley went on. "Not after it begins to get dark. I leave before dark comes.

the sick voice inside her which whispered, Get away from here, get away.

Don't be so afraid all the time, she said and reached out to touch Eleanor's cheek with one finger. We never know where our courage is coming from.

God God," Eleanor said, flinging herself out of bed and across the room to stand shuddering in a corner, "God God—whose hand was I holding?

No ghost in all the long histories of ghosts has ever hurt anyone physically. The only damage done is by the victim to himself.

They spoke lightly, quickly, and gave one another fast, hidden, little curious glances, each of them wondering what secret terror had been tapped in the others, what changes might show in face or gesture, what unguarded weakness might have opened the way to ruin. "Did

In the night," Mrs. Dudley said, and smiled outright. "In the dark

To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defines our boundaries and illuminates our souls.

You know," Theodora said slowly, "up until the last minute—when I got to the gates, I guess—I never really thought there would be a Hill House. You don't go around expecting things like this to happen." "But some of us go around hoping," Eleanor said.

Nothing irrevocable had yet been spoken, but there was only the barest margin of safety left them; each of them moving delicately along the outskirts of an open question, and, once spoken, such a question—as 'Do you love me?'—could never be answered or forgotten.

Fear," the doctor said, "is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway.

Fancy was a liar. She had been with Aunt Fanny and dared not admit to running away. She had not been frightened, but she enjoyed teasing people weaker than herself. Not a servant, or an animal, or any child in the village near the house, would willingly go near her.

Me imagino que el pueblo estaba lleno de corazones podridos que codiciaban nuestras pilas de monedas de oro, pero eran cobardes y temían a los Blackwood.

Un giorno» ribatté con voce maligna, sfregandosi gli occhi con le dita «riuscirò a stare con gli occhi aperti tutto il tempo e vi mangerò tutti e due, te e Lizzie»

Within, walls continued upright, bricks met nearly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone