Quotes About Fear

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

Indeed the alienated person finds it almost impossible to remain by himself, because he is seized by the panic of experiencing nothingness.

People are afraid to concentrate because they are afraid of losing themselves if they are too absorbed in another person, in an idea, in an event. The less strong their self, the greater the fear of losing themselves in the act of concentration on the non-self.

How should a man caught in this net of routine not forget that he is a man, a unique individual, one who is given only this one chance of living, with hopes and disappointments, with sorrow and fear, with the longing for love and the dread of the nothing and of separateness?

To transcend nature, to be alienated from nature and from another human being, finds man naked, ashamed. He is alone and free, yet powerless and afraid.

Worrying is praying for things you don't want to happen

her insomnia likely had roots in her fear of losing control.

Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.

You are accustomed to going your own way without restraint. You no doubt fear losing some of your precious independence." "I do not intend to lose any of my independence," she muttered. "You will adjust to marriage in time." "Now, see here, Gideon, what is all this talk of adjusting?

He would give Imogen another fifteen minutes, he decided. If she had not put in an appearance by then, he would abandon her to her own devices. But he had no sooner made that firm resolve than he hastily changed his mind. The thought of Imogen left to her own devices was enough to chill his blood.

In my experience there are only a handful of reasons for murder....Jealousy, vengeance, greed, fear and pleasure....Some killers enjoy the kill....For them it is a great game, and for the most part they are the ones I hunt.

I am always happy when my body remembers to feel things other than scared.

Shush... Lest She Awaken.

If she'd learned anything about herself over the years it was that self-doubt inevitably led to self-destruction.

she had no intention of exploring an abandoned graveyard alone at night. There was curious and there was stupid.

There are a lot of things in this world to be afraid of, but a dead body isn't one of them.

I think some weirdo with a little red wagon is the last thing you need to be worried about in these hills

In the old days, coffins were equipped with a warning system—a chain attached to a bell on the grave in case of a premature burial. They say at night, when the mist rolls in, you can hear those bells." He glanced over the railing. "The dead down there don't want to be forgotten…ever again.

Too many roads leading him back to a woman whose past frightened him almost as much as it intrigued him.

Being brave and being fearless are two different things.

Killers were his raison d'être.

We all seem to be affected by desire, anger, fear, sorrow, worry, hunger, and labour; how do we have caste differences then?

When you find a skull in the woods, do you leave it alone because it disturbs you or do you leave it alone because of what's living inside?

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.