Quotes About Fear

but to be perfectly honest, I have never been spooked by the dead. It is the living who terrify me. The dead are much more predictable and co-operative.

Fear of death is often a justifiable fear of the unknown; of circumstances beyond our personal control which we cannot know and for which we cannot prepare.

Since most of us are products of a culture and era where nobody likes to discuss death in case it encourages her to visit,

Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.

Negative emotions, such as anger and fear, narrow our focus, while positive emotion expands the range of our thoughts and creates the urge to play and experiment.

We are never so vulnerable as when we love." — Sigmund Freud

Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.

Because we fear other people's reactions and don't know how to respond, we allow them to violate our limits and boundaries.

We aren't to blame for our fears, but it is up to us to decide how we'll handle them. We are responsible for choosing ways that lead us toward making the most of this gift of life.

Hiding our fears behind compulsive behavior of any kind severely limits our ability to be ourselves.

It was three o'clock in the morning. A time when frail people die.

After what I seen today, I'll never sleep again.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.

It is many months until then. They could make my life very hard. I could lose the child or even my own life. How can I not feel endangered after the evil deed that occurred?

Coward: A man in whom the instinct of self-preservation acts normally.

Yes, monsters all of us, I thought. And so horribly fragile.

No one stands on a rug that cannot be pulled out from under her...

Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.

Mom, is the world coming to an end?" Jonny asked, picking up the plate of cookies and ramming one into his mouth. "No, it isn'T," Mom said, folding her lawn chair and carrying it to the front of the house. "And yes, you do have to go to school tomorrow.

Man's discovery that his genitalia could serve as a weapon to generate fear must rank as one of the most important discoveries of prehistoric times, along with the use of fire and the first crude stone axe.

Rape is] nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear.

Man's discovery that his genetilia could serve as a weapon to generate fear must rank as one of the most important discoveries of prehistoric times, along with the use of fire and the first crude stone axe

Busting out of your comfort zone might be the most fun thing you ever did — after you get over the idea that you have to be safe, appropriate, perfect, right — or that you have to be anything.