Quotes About Fear

Ya sé ahora que mi soledad era un horrible fantasma, sé que la sola presencia de Avellaneda ha bastado para espantarla, pero sé también que no ha muerto, que estará juntando fuerzas en algún sótano inmundo, en algún arrabal de mi rutina. Por eso, sólo por eso, me apeo de mi suficiencia y me limito a decir: ojalá

Mirá Agustín, con las amenazas pasa como con los perros bravos: si les tenés miedo, se te echan encima. Si en camio los afrontás con serenidad, entonces te respetan.

el miedo a las situaciones violentas es el que mayor inquietud me produce.

Hablo a solas porque tengo miedo de olvidarme como se habla

Viceversa" Tengo miedo de verte necesidad de verte esperanza de verte desazones de verte tengo ganas de hallarte preocupación de hallarte certidumbre de hallarte pobres dudas de hallarte tengo urgencia de oírte alegría de oírte buena suerte de oírte y temores de oírte o sea resumiendo estoy jodido y radiante quizás más lo primero que lo segundo y también viceversa.

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.

When the power comes from within us and we claim it as our own, then we no longer have to affirm ourselves by dominating others. The irony is that we are actually afraid of our own power.

Men destroy only what they fear.

The man who feels fear without cause is a fool; but the man is twice a fool who does not feel fear when there is cause.

la sola idea de repetir una relación como la que tenía con su madre la llenaba de espanto.

Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out?

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Running was not always the coward's route; it was a matter of survival. The fewer violent encounters one invited, the longer the life.

Being alone was easier. No risk, just loneliness. No one ever died from that.

Bai Shen did not move. He gazed down at Miri, and she could still see the fear, but this time it was mixed with guilt and deep raging sorrow that she could only guess had less to do with her, and everything to do with setting one's heart on a plan that had proven itself to be The Dumbest Move Alive.

You always knew what you had to do. No one ever told you. You had the resolve even then. Nor were you afraid of the dark or what waited for you there. But sometimes, I wish you had been.

To quote the poets... we're fucked.

Just because you are afraid you won't have anything tomorrow doesn't mean you shouldn't help people today.

Yes. Miss Halfwolf scares me a lot. But that doesn't make her a monster. Don't be like the Witches, Master Ren. They call us monsters because it makes it easier to hurt us. But monsters are people, too.

Maxine," Grant said, but I barely heard him. I was lost in that vision, in those emotions—the pain, and hunger for pain, forming the root of so much agonized rage. " 'Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate,'" I muttered. "Yoda, from Star Wars?" " 'Hate leads to suffering.'" I met his gaze. "Yoda knows his shit, man." Grant's mouth crooked in a gentle smile.

I was petrified of making a mistake—head-banging to the wrong song or not hard enough, or thinking a guitar solo was over when it wasn't. A rule of thumb is that if the guitar solo is by Led Zep or Lynyrd Skynyrd then it's not over. Ever.

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else.