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Quotes About Fear

Dorne has danced with dragons before," he said. "I would sooner sleep with scorpions.
~ George R.R. Martin
I've never been frightened of shepherds. It's the sheep who trouble me.
~ George R.R. Martin
A bear! A bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!
~ George R.R. Martin
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?
~ George R.R. Martin
Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit.
~ George R.R. Martin
Who can presume to know the heart of a dragon?
~ George R.R. Martin
Ser Rodrik shouted "Winterfell!" and rode to meet him, with Bronn and Chiggen beside him, screaming some wordless battle cry. Ser Willis Wode followed, swinging a spiked morningstar around his head. "Harrenhal! Harrenhal!" he sang. Tyrion felt a sudden urge to leap up, brandish his axe, and boom out, "Casterly Rock!" but the insanity passed quickly and he crouched down lower.
~ George R.R. Martin
Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords.
~ George R.R. Martin
Terror filled her. She could not go back and she was afraid to stay here, but how could she go on?" - Dany
~ George R.R. Martin
El miedo no debe avergonzarnos; me lo dijo mi padre. Lo importante es cómo nos enfrentamos a él.
~ George R.R. Martin
His strength, his speed, his valor, all his hard-won skill . . . it was worth less than a mummer's fart, because he flinched from killing.
~ George R.R. Martin
Under the sea, the fish eat us. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.
~ George R.R. Martin
Ghosts," Irri muttered. "Terrible ghosts. We must not stay here, Khaleesi, this is their place." "I fear no ghosts.
~ George R.R. Martin
She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a wolverine and all, but sometimes she felt like she was just a little girl after all.
~ George R.R. Martin
Aren't you afraid? The gods might send you down to some terrible hell for all the evil you've done." "What evil?" He laughed. "What gods?
~ George R.R. Martin
racing down the kingsroad, as if to outrun his doubts.
~ George R.R. Martin
That made her laugh until she screamed. "Mad," someone said, "she's lost her wits," and someone else said, "Make an end," and a hand grabbed her scalp just as she'd done with Jinglebell, and she thought, No, don't, don't cut my hair, Ned loves my hair. Then the steel was at her throat, and its bite was red and cold.
~ George R.R. Martin
If you step in a nest of snakes, does it matter who bites you first?
~ George R.R. Martin
So long as she could kill with a whisper, Arya need not be afraid of anyone . . . but once she used up the last death, she would only be a mouse again.
~ George R.R. Martin
Tyrion wondered whether this was the last sunrise he would ever see … and whether wondering was a mark of cowardice.
~ George R.R. Martin
Until what? Foolish woman, will holding it secret in our heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good.
~ George R.R. Martin
We are walking on a bridge of ice with an abyss on either side.
~ George R.R. Martin
Small men curse what they cannot understand.
~ George R.R. Martin
There's naught to eat in the dark but flesh.
~ George R.R. Martin