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Quotes About Fear

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
~ Seneca
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
~ Seneca
Life without the courage for death is slavery.
~ Seneca
To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
~ Seneca
Fear keeps pace with hope. Nor does their so moving together surprise me; both belong to a mind in suspense, to a mind in a state of anxiety through looking into the future. Both are mainly due to projecting our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present. Thus it is that foresight, the greatest blessing humanity has been given, is transformed into a curse.
~ Seneca, Letters to Lucilius V
I cannot live in fear of losing him, for fear of not living my life at all.
~ Serena Valentino
Because she didn't love herself. She feared rejection because she was so unlike anyone she'd ever known. She was so full of fear that she sequestered herself away.
~ Serena Valentino
You'll soon learn most of our stories are quite the same, James. I'm sure you'll find all of us are either running away from or running to something.
~ Serena Valentino
but I cannot live in fear of losing him, for fear of not living my life at all. May
~ Serena Valentino
I think it was because no one loved her." "Why?" asked the child. "Because she didn't love herself. She feared rejection because she was so unlike anyone she'd ever known. She was so full of fear that she sequestered herself away.
~ Serena Valentino
but I cannot live in fear of losing him, for fear of not living my life at all.
~ Serena Valentino
Alarmistii fuseser? dintotdeauna victimele unei represiuni atât de s?lbatice, cât ?i de oculte.
~ Serge Brussolo
Uneori îmi trece prin minte ca nimic nu i-a f?cut sa fuga, ca e doar un proces psihologic.
~ Serge Brussolo
Este o veche frica fata de mul?ime, mai ales când emana frica ?i ca atare reac?iile ii devin imprevizibile.
~ Serge Brussolo
The only thing that restrains you is fear , Anton Gorodetsky. For yourself, or for people—that's not important. But we are restrained by horror . And that is why we observe the Treaty.
~ Sergei Lukyanenko
Would any grown girl in Russia be frightened by a "room of horror"? Westerner's lives are too calm and peaceful, is makes them afraid of all sorts of nonsense...
~ Sergei Lukyanenko
After all, inside every woman, no matter how grown up she is, there is still a frightened little girl.
~ Sergei Lukyanenko
Anyone can write a story based on the kind of horror where you see a guy in car and then there's the bad guy in the back seat. It's infantile to rely on that for telling a story. That's like going to bed and thinking there's a monster under your bed. It's silly.
~ Sergio Aragones
I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
~ Sergio Aragones
Yo amaba aquella secuencia de llegar a casa, besar a mi hijo y dormir abrazado a una mujer que había dado pruebas más que suficientes de que, de ser por ella, estará a mi lado el resto de su vida. ¿Es posible que un milagro como ese resulte tan poco excitante —quizá porque uno pone al deseo en la cima, cuando sabe que en la cima no está el deseo sino el terror?
~ Sergio Bizzio
La lista de mis miedos (en desorden): A la muerte. A los aviones. A la locura. A las enfermedades. A las amputaciones. A los barcos. A la velocidad. A la altura. Al mar. A los tiburones, osos, serpientes, arañas, perros desconocidos. A los desconocidos. A las ciudades, barrios, calles desconocidas. A los suburbios. A los ascensores. A la miseria. A las operaciones médicas, a las operaciones financieras. A las armas. A los dentistas.
~ Sergio Bizzio
A la pérdida del olfato (una cosa terrible, vi un documental sobre el tema el otro día. Vera, Vera, vamos, Vera, vení). A la policía. A los estadios de fútbol. A las tormentas eléctricas. A la soledad. A las muchedumbres. A la violencia. A la vejez. Al sida, al cáncer (entra en enfermedad). A la impotencia (¿entra en soledad?). A los ladrones. A la electricidad. A sufrir (entran todos los miedos juntos y se agrega el amor).
~ Sergio Bizzio
No me extrañaría que después de años de palabras escamoteadas Julián terminara teniéndole miedo a las elipsis—.
~ Sergio Bizzio
Estaba pálida, no se había depilado, jamás se hubiera exhibido de esa forma si me amara; nunca unas piernas me habían hecho sentir tan solo.
~ Sergio Bizzio