Quotes About Fear

FEAR IS THE ONE EMOTION THAT UNLEASHED CAN DESTROY ANYTHING AND ANYONE.

Do not wander in the deeps, Where the Shriker's shadow creeps. When he rises from beneath, Beware the Sharpness of his teeth.

The real dragon haunted my head and heart.

The expression on her face is scarier than an actress in one of dad's horror movies.

People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.

Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.

the fear of being trapped between cars.

I am anxious. I am always anxious. I should change my name to Anxiety Dickinson. I am anxious about my little sister. My big sister. My mother. Myself. Life. I am anxious about what to wear, what to eat, what to say, how to breathe.

That two women could mean a great deal to each other while they awaited men to lead them to marriage and the real business of life is negligible; that they could believe that the real business of life is in meaning a great deal to each other and that men are only incidental to their lives—is of course frightening.82

Needing people yet being afraid of them is wearing me out.

He grinned widely, and James saw that blood was dripping from his fangs.

She felt like a kid on a ride at the amusement part, half thrilled, half scared spitless.

She didn't think the solution to violence was to own more guns. But how could you tell that to a single mother who worked double shifts, got off the bus five blocks from home at midnight and had to walk through a tough neighborhood?

It is a criterion of love. In moments of decision, we are to try to make what seems to be the most loving, the most creative decision. We are not to play safe, to draw back out of fear. Love may well lead us into danger. It may lead us to die for our friend. In a day when we are taught to look for easy solutions, it is not always easy to hold onto that most difficult one of all, love.

If I was mad, it was in this, that I had believed such a possession would protect me from the assassin.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it.

Suddenly you're scrounging for your next meal, but "say, do you want to make a deal?" There's fear in that line, in that melody, in that voice.

He wanted to know what I thought. It was the opening of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was sharp and insane.

imagine you are an astronaut alone in space. no planets in view. no spacecraft. no distant stars. no source of light. imagine the latent terror, the quiet of space, the strange sensation of floating, the unspeakable dark between wealth of stars.

An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity.

There is no terror so powerful as the one never faced.

A man wreaks harm because he forgets to love peace. He kills because of self-blinded fear, that imagines no other protection.