Quotes About Fear

Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fearis an orphaned part of usseeking joy, some disowned shadow wanting to returnto the lightand homeof ourselves.

Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.

The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

To embrace love, we risk heartbreak. To resist love, we risk emptiness.

He's the anchor to my boat and I worry that I will float out to sea, directionless, without him.

Love is scary. But not as scary as living without the one person who makes your life worth living.

And so I've written everything down, too afraid of my demons and what they may say, the doubt that eats at me from the inside. Too afraid that I'll forget and it'll all be a madwoman's dream.

In my sleep I have my nightmares, awake I have my thoughts, I am not sure which is worse.

Every person in the world has to figure out what the right place for them is. It's okay to be afraid, as long as you don't allow the fear to take over your life.

Do not fear mistakes, there are none.

It was the way she looked at me the whole time. That look said more than she ever could and, in turn, scared me more than her words alone ever could.

Show me what you've written, " I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it.

.. questions that had begun to creep into her thoughts whenever they we're together. When would he be ready? Would he ever be ready? And of course, why he wasn't ready?..

A gun is to your head and you have one phone call. If they answer, You die. If they don't, you're free. Who are you calling ?

I wondered whether trusting him was merely unwise or if it crossed the line into recklessness, like lying down for a nap in the middle of a road.

Sometimes you don't realize your fear of heights until you stand at the edge of the cliff, ready to jump.

When I'm in a couple, I feel I'm disappearing, dying - losing my mind.

There's nothing on earth like the feel of someone who loves you grasping your hand in the dark when you're lost and afraid

I'd rather risk screwing up with you than not even try.

I want you. But I'm scared to say it out loud. And it sucks because I've always been someone who always says things out loud.

you're so afraid of everyone pitying you that you'd rather nurture their contempt than accept their forgiveness" - Stacey Michaels

I was afraid that if I didn't maintain the professional demeanor of a maiko at all times I would simply fall apart.

The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for fears I have about losing my soul in some accidental, mundane way. So, to me, these jobs that my characters have are very loaded. They immediately suggest a complex character to me, a woman who is, say, a secretary, but also a vigilante on behalf of her own soul.

Stii de ce nu pot sfarsi nici o carte? Pentru ca toate eroinele seamana cu tine, si n-am curajul sa te descriu, sa fac literatura din dragostea asta...