Quotes About Fear

I don't believe in demons, That isn't a lie. But I have seen what was once the unbelievable. I've seen the beauty and the wonder of it. I believe what we've termed the uncanny - there is light and dark in them, as there is light and dark in all of us - will also be swept up and detained and tested. And, I fear, that what H5N1-X leaves us, all of us, will not destroy us, but the fear and violence it breeds in those of us who give in to it - the forced restrictions on freedom - could.

There's never been anyone like you. I keep worrying that I'll make the wrong move.

Oppenheimer was right: 'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

But I did it because you can't constantly be afraid of what might happen. If you do, you lose control of what is happening, and all the joy and pain it holds for you.

All right." What harm could it do to have him along?  

Maybe its easier to write a story than send that story off and face rejection. - And if you don't send it off, see what's what, it's already rejected, isn't it?

I thought I knew how much I loved you before I got that text. I didn't. My world just dropped away for a minute. Just went out from under me. Don't do that to me again.

He knows that, too. All of it. He feeds on their rage and fears. The weaker minds, so many, he uses. Whispering threats, promises in equal measure. Worship me, bow to me, and I will one day grant you your vengeance.

Without fear there is no prudence. Without prudence there is recklessness. With recklessness, defeat.

or nervous before. Though they didn't know

Delay is an excuse. It's fear, not courage.

You bet. But he just leaned down, held on. Scared me, he murmured against her cheek. Scared hell out of me, Sophie. Hearing that, knowing that, had her heart making that same little leap. It's okay now. You're not really a bastard.

Era a única coisa que sempre tivera; e tendo, precisava; e precisando, tinha medo de perder.

Be afraid of what rules them. Fear can be a weapon just as courage. Without fear there is no prudence. Without prudence there is recklessness. With recklessness, defeat.

The world ended with bangs and whimpers, with blood and pain, with fear and dread. A cashier handing change to a customer, a mother nursing her child, businessmen gripping hands over a deal—these and so many simple contacts spread death like a poisoned cloud over the world. And billions fell.

Prejudice and fear are never clear-sighted.

You think we're asking too much of her?" Fin asked. "I can't know, and that's the worry." One that ate at her, night and day. "If I try to see, and he catches even a glimmer, all could be lost. So I don't look. I don't like putting the beginnings of it all in her hands, even knowing it's the right choice.

All the nightmares that had ever plagued a woman alone in the dark loomed in her mind.

Doing nothing sometimes hurts more than doing something. Life doesn't come with a guarantee, which is just as well, because most guarantees are bullshit.

Wanting is easy, but loving is terrifying.

squeezed back. Or, more likely, someone

Sabes o que acontece quando olhamos sempre antes de saltar? - perguntou ela, tocando-lhe na mão antes de desaparecer porta fora. - Nunca chegamos a saltar.

Choice turns out to be duty for both of us. But I'm here, and I'll wait. That's a choice, too, but it's not duty. I love you. It makes me afraid, and it makes me strong, but either way, I love you. So I'm here, and I'll wait.

Knowledge, and truth, save us from chaos." His tone was quiet, reasonable. And made her want to bite him. "Tempering them with compassion and tolerance makes us human. Without those things, fanatics feed on fear and ignorance. The way they did in Salem, three hundred years ago.