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Quotes About Fear

Hers. He was hers, whispered that part of her that didn't worry about human concerns. Whatever fears Anna had about the rapid changes in her life, her wolf half was very happy with the events of the past few days.
~ Patricia Briggs
It's just I," I told him, more pedantic than usual because I was scared.
~ Patricia Briggs
Life is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on Earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else. (Hao)
~ Patricia Briggs
Loneliness and fear ate at him, a loner by choice who had prided himself on his daring and courage. The
~ Patricia Briggs
Only cowards torture women.
~ Patricia Briggs
When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone—'I didn't mean to startle her.
~ Patricia Briggs
Allowing anyone, even Mairelon, not only to come close to her, but to circle her waist with his arms brought back old fears, though she had to admit that the sensation was pleasurable on those rare occasions when she could relax enough to enjoy it.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Obawiam si?, ?e lustro nie wymaga ?adnych korekt – o?wiadczy? z niezwyk?? dla niego delikatno?ci?. – Z zakl?ciem jest wszystko w porz?dku, powinno te? by? kompatybilne z lustrem zamkowym. Problem polega na czym? innym. - Wiedzia?am – rzuci?a gniewnie Cimorena i zacz??a chodzi? tam i powrotem przed kominem. – W domu sta?o si? co? z?ego.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
It's a hard thing to risk what you know and are sure of, just for the possibility of something better. Even when it's a pretty strong possibility, and something that's a whole lot better.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Stockholm Syndrome is what it is called when you begin to identify with your captors…. They get nicer every day that they don't kill you.
~ Unknown
There are times when the midsummer sun strikes cold, and when the leaping flames of a hearthfire give no heat. Times when the chill within us comes not from fears we know, but from fears unknown-and forever unknowable.
~ Unknown
Mammi Fisher fears you will become en alt
~ Unknown
deny the abuse, she may grow to fear his anger and his unpredictability. At the same time she may fear the loss of love and the security she believed she had in the relationship.
~ Unknown
illusion of security in the relationship. When the partner is in psychological or physical danger from the abuser, her fear is very real. By acting to protect herself, the partner protects her own spirit and regains the security
~ Unknown
Anything achieved by the partner is seen as a threat by the abuser.
~ Unknown
begin to fear the abuser and to realize that she is being abused. If she confronts the abuser, if he is unwilling to change, if he becomes angrier and more abusive or more manipulative and confusing, if she asks him to stop it and he refuses or continues to
~ Unknown
How was it possible to be afraid and in love... The two things did not go together. How was it possible to be afraid, when the two of them grew stronger together every day? And every night. Every night was different, and every morning. Together they possessed a miracle.
~ Patricia Highsmith
Girls are born with more sensitivity to isolation and fear; boys are born with more sensitivity to arousal and shame.
~ Unknown
the tip-off indicators of fear and shame: resentment and anger (blaming your shame or fear on someone else); materialism (providing illusions of status for a man and security for a woman); people pleasing (doing things detrimental to the self to gain the admiration or approval of others); obsessions (thoughts you can't get out of your mind); and compulsive behavior like impulsive shopping, overeating, and binge drinking.
~ Unknown
Women are afraid of the intensity of feeling that may surface as their eyes are opened to the wider reality of a woman's life. A woman's intensity makes everyone uncomfortable, including herself. We were taught to be nice, not angry, even when our own lives and sanity are at stake.
~ Unknown
I know," said Beth, hugging her tightly. "I know." She looked back fearfully at the black hole in the ice. Then she turned her back on it. Clutching her sister, she started up the bank on wobbly legs toward the car and the road home.
~ Unknown
protect my daughter from this
~ Unknown
Cassie. I know some things," said Mama. "What things?" "I know you watch me all the time," said Mama. I started to shake my head, but Mama stopped me. "I saw you in the night, watching. I saw you watching me with the goslings. I know you're afraid." "Grandfather told you," I whispered. "He didn't have to tell me," Mama said. "I'm smart, you know.
~ Patricia MacLachlan