Quotes About Fear

Nothing is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows, and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.

as with the mighty shock of an earthquake, it split, and cracked with a tremendous and overwhelming sound. The work was soon finished: in a few minutes a tumultuous sea rolled between me and my enemy, and I was left drifting on a scattered piece of ice, that

Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. —COLERIDGE'S ANCIENT MARINER

Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.

Must I then lose this admirable being? I have longed for a friend; I have sought one who would sympathise with and love me. Behold, on these desert seas I have found such a one; but I fear I have gained him only to know his value and lose him. I would reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea.

The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness, and, with

shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge. And then I thought again of his words—"I will be with you on your wedding-night.

If I returned, it was to be sacrificed, or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a dæmon whom I had myself created.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Ed eccomi infatti adesso con la vecchia storia di scriverti che vorrei dirti buonanotte invece di scrivertelo e, sì, è una storia che si è fatta ormai davvero vecchia, ma spero che questo sia il suo ultimo capitolo. (I miei sogni mi appartengono: Lettere della donna che reinventò la paura)

These were wild and miserable thoughts; but I cannot describe to you how the eternal twinkling of the stars weighed upon me, and how I listened to every blast of wind, as if it were a dull ugly siroc on its way to consume me.

And so here I am ! I continue to exist—to see one day succeed the other ; to dread night, but more to dread morning, and hail another cheerless day.

Dla umysÅ'u ludzkiego nie ma nic bardziej bolesnego jak ten stan gÅ'uchego zastoju i bezsilnej pewnoÅ›ci, który nastÄ™puje po krytycznym momencie napiÄ™cia uczu? spowodowanego przez szereg szybko po sobie nastÄ™pujÄ…cych wypadków i który odbiera duszy zarówno nadziejÄ™ jak i obawÄ™.

Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul of both hope and fear

Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul of both hope and fear

se desvanecía la belleza de mi sueño y el corazón se me llenaba de horror y disgusto.

I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear...

Who laughs in front of a gun? Only those of our species.

Time drags. Time is a monster with a neck bloated with blood.

Shut up or I'll kill you.

If that is what this world is, what humans are... There is no future. Understanding and faith... If you take those away, all that's left is fear. I can't accept immoral methods or giving up.

A scary but yet beautiful smile

1Le persone quando scoprono l'amore corrono il rischio di odiare.

La vie n'a aucun sens pourtant personne ne veut mourrir