Quotes About Fear

Here in the United States, where there is a reported rape every 6.2 minutes, and one in five women will be raped in her lifetime

Which means that there may be very nearly a rape a minute in the United States.

you do not have too many boogeymen for me. You have just the right number.

Connor: [about Sidda and Connor's wedding] Vivi, it's taken years to nail down a date. She's always said, What's the rush, when things are so good? I don't know what the hell she's so afraid of - it's like she's always waiting for the bottom to drop out. Vivi: You know why she thinks that, don't ya, honey? Because it did. It always did.

The alligators can get you at any age, Buddy. But the worst thing you can do is freeze.

thinking: I don't want my little girl to come out blind or gouged up. I'm not cheap, I'm scared. It's the story of my life: not stingy, just a goddamn coward.

about Alligator Girl with the head and shoulders of a girl, and the rest of her body pure alligator. Kind of like a mermaid, but mean. Oh! I am the world's best scary-story teller!

So, where does all that stuff come from? It comes from three main sources: stuff is bought and kept out of fear; stuff is collected and kept out of love. And stuff is kept and multiplied out of habit (Happy Starts at Home: Getting the Life You Want by Changing the Space You've Got, Rebecca West)

To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.

I would not sing you to sleep. I would press my lips to your ear and hope the terror in my heart stirs you.

Lullaby I would not sing you to sleep. I would press my lips to your ear and hope the terror in my heart stirs you.

The world is designed to take the wind out of a woman's sails. To fill her with fear about all the ways she is inadequate. We each need the focus and determination of warrior women to fight the tide of self-hatred that comes from living in a culture that devalues us.

I felt afraid that the curtain between worlds was not sufficient. Air blew things in and away and water exiled its creatures onto dry land and rushed away from them. It seemed to be the nature of water and air, to be random, heartless.

Hány fiatal tett magáévá a La Concha öltözÅ'kabinjaiban annak a kétségbeesett tudatában, hogy a pillanatnak kell élni, ami talán soha nem tér vissza, mert bármikor megjelenhetnek a rendÅ'rök, és letartóztathatnak mindannyiunkat.

The higher I climb, the deeper I understand my fears; the bigger the mountain, the clearer the view I have of my own existence.

There's much more behind our thirst for monsters than curiosity or escapism. There is fear that the earth is loosing the last regions where myth can flourish.

Notre seule défense contre eux était de leur faire peur. Mais nous leur avoins fait TROP PEUR!...

Fear never keeps anyone safe

Can belief save you?" he retorts. "Even the demons believe—and shudder!" (James 2:14,19).

Fear is the gatekeeper of your comfort zone

Fear wants our answers to be neat and pretty; freedom doesn't care if the truth is messy.

Fear is the cause and effect of the thoughts, feelings and actions that prohibit you from accepting yourself and realizing your full potential

The Wheel of Fear is as smart, knowledgeable, educated and spiritual as you are

There's nothing wrong with you, it's just fear.