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Quotes About Fear

It is not the cold which makes me shiver
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation.
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Make the matter even more terrible than the truth
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The step between time and eternity is short but terrible, and I have few moments to prepare for it.
~ Sir Walter Scott
Lucrurile grele sporesc teama de a le spune.
~ Sofocle
CORO Molte potenze sono tremende ma nessuna lo è più dell'uomo.»
~ Sofocle
As Stephen Levine says: "When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion."4
~ Sogyal Rinpoche
The function of suspense is to put the reader in danger of an overfull bladder.
~ Sol Stein
Todos mienten, me dije, todos se esfuerzan, todos esconden algo, tal vez lo mismo: el miedo, la impotencia, la soledad, la muerte. En mayor o menor medida, todos han de convivir con eso. Yo también mentía: sonreía, aceptaba y besaba y no hablaba de mis frustraciones. A veces, me derrumbaba o vivía al borde del derrumbamiento. Todos lo hacían.
~ Soledad Puértolas
At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he remembers Him not, and is ready to defy Him; but place him in the midst of dangers, cut him off from human aid, let the grave open before him, then it is, in the time of his tribulation, that the scoffer and unbelieving man turns to God for help, feeling there is no other hope, or refuge, or safety, save in his protecting arm.
~ Solomon Northup
Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!
~ Solomon Northup
Six-sensories feel secure because they are connected to their sacred gift, their Universal Light, and while they may have flickering moments of fear, they know they will always receive Divine support to help them overcome it.
~ Sonia Choquette
Now, as I slowed down and Sabrina stepped away, I was faced with what I had been secretly running from: the death of my old life, as well as the fear of being all alone in this new one.
~ Sonia Choquette
had been dragged under by a riptide of negative self-talk: I am not enough. I am rejected, no matter how hard I try and no matter what good I do. I am alone and not wanted. All fears that ending my marriage had stirred up and brought to the surface.
~ Sonia Choquette
It may not feel easy, and your inner child may still feel scared, but the minute you break free of this fear and articulate your true feelings, you reclaim your spirit's power. When you speak from the heart—your true Self—with courage, conviction, and calm, any psychic hold from the past is broken and you quickly reconnect to your inner voice and get back into a harmonious flow with your spirit.
~ Sonia Choquette
The ego often doesn't know the difference between different and dangerous, so please remember this and know you will always be safe, even if you briefly feel a little uncomfortable at times. We always feel awkward when learning new things, so relax.
~ Sonia Choquette
But we each do have to let go of what isn't working for us; face our deepest fears; ask for help; and be messy, vulnerable, and willing to give up being in control.
~ Sonia Choquette
As we become less afraid, we become more dangerous. Patriarchy can exist only so long as women are afraid.
~ Sonia Johnson
Do you ever feel that we are only building sand castles? Why do so many things happen to us? I am afraid the little we have left will be swept away, too. Why bother?
~ Sook Nyul Choi
What good is safety if you're dead inside?
~ Sophie Jordan
After running for my life from hunters, a girl with too much lip gloss doesn't register on my fear radar.
~ Sophie Jordan
Most people underestimate eyes. They're infinite. You look someone straight in the eye and your whole soul can be sucked out in a nanosecond. Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.
~ Sophie Kinsella
She believes in love and romance. She believes her life is one day going to be transformed into something wonderful and exciting. She has hopes and fears and worries, just like anyone. Sometimes she feels frightened. Sometimes she feels unloved. Sometimes she feels she will never gain approval from those people who are most important to her. But she's brave and good-hearted and faces her life head-on.
~ Sophie Kinsella
My new rule for life. Don't go into spooky dark woods on your own. You're not on your own.
~ Sophie Kinsella