Quotes About Fear

Was that really and truly what people were secretly feeling everywhere? Was that what, ultimately, war did to you? It was not the physical dangers—the mines at sea, the bombs from the air, the crisp ping of a rifle bullet as you drove over a desert track. No, it was the spiritual danger of learning how much easier life was if you ceased to think…

They went up the stairs. The next move was a little like a scene in a farce. Each one of the four stood with a hand on his or her bedroom door handle. Then, as though at a signal, each one stepped into the room and pulled the door shut. There were sounds of bolts and locks, of the moving of furniture. Four frightened people were barricaded in until morning.

There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them.

When a man's neck's in danger, he doesn't stop to think too much about sentiment.

Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine. Nine

Una ha de tener el valor necesario para enfrentarse a la realidad. Sin ese valor, la vida carece de significado. La gente que más daño nos hace es aquella que nos escuda contra la realidad.

there was a girl who discovered the body." "What did she do when she discovered it?" "Screamed." "Very nice too,

When you're in the middle of a nightmare, something ordinary is the only hope.

I tell you he brought bad luck—I say it is the Evil Eye he had." Her hand shot out again in the well-known Latin gesture—the first finger and the little finger sticking out, the two middle ones doubled in.

She went on broodingly: "It's so dreadfully easy—killing people. And you begin to feel that it doesn't matter . . . that it's only you that matters! It's dangerous—that.

The girl started. 'I—I don't know. I shall never forget it. I dream of it.

A person who had killed three times wouldn't hesitate to kill again…. They were in danger,

Sensationalism dies quickly - fear is long-lived.

Dangerous? Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

So we are back at our last rather sketchy idea—fear. By the death of Stephen Babbington, someone gains security.

She was standing by the door in a long blue dressing gown. She was looking petrified with terror.

One must have the courage to face reality. Without that courage, life is meaningless. The people who do us most harm are the people who shield us from reality

Frank Carter trembled violently. Sweat came out on his brow. His eyes, more furtive than ever, went wildly from side to side.

Turn up the lights,' said Mr Rycroft. Major Burnaby rose and did so. The sudden glare revealed a company of pale uneasy faces.

But I did see that her dislike of Mrs. Leidner might have made her succumb to the temptation of, well—putting the wind up her—to put it vulgarly. She might have hoped to frighten away Mrs. Leidner from the dig.

Fear, Mr. Burton, is an incalculable thing.

Nothing—just gooseflesh," I said. "A goose walking over my grave.

She fumbled with her bag and pulled out a handkerchief. Her voice trembled.

Women were the devil when they got their knife into you.