Quotes About Fear

her mother's fear, and the shame that was its silent twin.

Once, a lifetime ago, she had worried about girls, only a few years older than her, who had gone missing. The stories had given her nightmares at thirteen. Now she knew there were a hundred ways to be lost and even more ways to be found.

if you jump off a cliff at least you'll fly before you fall.

wanted to bottle how safe she felt in this moment, so she could drink of it later when loneliness and fear left her parched.

All anyone could talk about was the gloomy future and the shocking present.

It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it. "Yes." She leaned down and kissed her daughter's forehead

She was afraid that if she really held on to him, she'd never let go. She had to be cautious from now on, treat him as she would a skittish cat; be careful to never move too fast or need too much.

Fear changed everyone and everything, and yet, as always, life went on. Hour by hour, day by day, while politicians and military personnel were looking for bombs and terrorists, and while the Justice Department was tearing down Enron's papery walls, families went on with their ordinary lives.

She closed her eyes for a moment, remembered another time when she'd been scared and felt alone, back when she'd been sick. That was the first time her grandfather had leaned down and whispered, Be brave, into her ear. And then, Or pretend to be. It's all the same.

don't believe in love. Or marriage.

I don't know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God?

Beyond that, she had never had great impulse control. Maybe because she'd never had anything to lose. Now, she knew what it meant to be afraid, to want something - or someone - so much it made your heart ache.

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Had she made a mistake in bringing them here? They'd given up everything they'd known and loved to start over here, but what if there was no new beginning here? What if it was just the same hardship and hunger they'd left behind? Or worse?

If we weren't here—hiding in a safe house—if the world weren't ripping itself apart, if this was just an ordinary day in an ordinary world, would you want there to be an us, Gaëtan?

like a kid in a time-out, looking terrified. Crystal's

saw Mama standing there terrified, nearly in tears, and Leni saw him pull himself from the brink of rage. She'd never seen a man do it before.

FEAR, LENI LEARNED, was not the small, dark closet she'd always imagined: walls pressed in close, a ceiling you bumped your head on, a floor cold to the touch. No. Fear was a mansion, one room after another, connected by endless hallways.

People get scared when they lose their jobs and they tend to blame outsiders. The first step is to call them criminals. The rest is easy.

Don't worry about dying, Elsa. Worry about not living. Be brave.

even though she felt danger slip silently into the water and swim toward her.

herself Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and a deep, abiding fear. Courage is fear you ignore.

I'm afraid," she said. "Of course you are. You're a mother. Fear is the job description.

Instead, she was afraid. Yes, they'd be rich. Maybe even powerful. But at what cost?