Quotes About Fear

A fine Dragon Rider you are, afraid of talking to a large group! If only Galbatorix knew, he could have you at his mercy if he but asked you to make a speech to his troops. Ha! It

in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now. He patted her shoulder and smiled with resigned

It is our destiny to attempt the impossible, to accomplish great deeds regardless of fear. It is our responsibility to the future.

Without fear there cannot be courage

that you are able to suspend the functioning of your imagination—for it is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as most believe.

It's not the wolves out there, it's the wolves in here.

Life was the most dangerous thing there was.

the Ra'zac bit my shoulder.

Die Zukunft kann uns nur dann etwas anhaben, wenn wir uns zu große Sorgen machen.

That means both that you are exceptionally strong-willed and that you are able to suspend the functioning of your imagination—for it is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as most believe.

Christopher Paolini

The oldest fears were the most powerful. If there were gods, he thought for sure that the first and greatest—and evilest—would be the god of darkness. Light required effort. Light was a struggle. But the dark was easy, and it had existed before all else and would be there to envelop the universe in its smothering cloak when the last dim stars guttered out at the end of time.

There's no such thing as safety. Only degrees of risk.

For an instant, she was certain she was dead, but … the universe continued to exist. She continued to exist.

I sat through darkness once before.. I would not, could not endure it again.

When you are in love you know no fear or hatred. when you are fearful there is no possibility of love or hatred. And when there is hate, there is only hate.

Don't be afraid, be terrified

There is not enough blood in her veins to keep her heart from skipping.

I'm a coward, I close my eyes. I don't understand why God made sight the only sense that can be blocked off.

The devil does not exist. I do not believe he exists. Nor do I believe the old saying that the devil's greatest accomplishment was to convince the majority of mankind that he does not exist. For me Satan and a literal hell are fables born of Christianity's desire to control humanity by increasing its fear of death. After all, I'm five thousands years old and I've never met Satan.

For me, Satan and a literal hell are fables born of Christianity's desire to control humanity by increasing its fear of death.

We all die. It's just a question of when and how horrible it's going to be.

I am not dead. Death does not exist. I am alive! That is the purpose of this tale, to let everyone know that they do go on and that they don't need to be afraid, as I was afraid. Yet I also have a selfish reason for wanting my story told. I was young when I died. I didn't have a chance to make my mark in the world. I didn't do anything unique, nothing that will change the course of history. But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to remember me.

Alone in my room, I don't feel alone. It's as if I have two shadows instead of one, and this second shadow doesn't conform to my movements. It follows me, it gives the impression it will never leave me, but it does what it wants. I worry that in time I will do what it wants.