Quotes About Fear

Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.

Her dread of fire was almost as strong as her fear of deep water. She wasn't so much afraid of dying as she was of pain. If they had to die, she just hoped it wouldn't hurt too much. Or for too long.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.—Buddha

The way everything seems to be working out right now, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up dead before the night is over.

How do you find your mount, Miss de Lacy?" Amy found it a slug. It was clear Rowanford had taken her caution too seriously. This horse would be ideal for a non-equestrian grandmother. "I feel very safe," she said. "Excellent. I shall take good care of you, Miss de Lacy. Have no fear." Amy sighed and wished there was a convenient piece of furniture to heft to prove she was not as fragile as she appeared.

She shut the door in the man's face, leaning back against it, her heart hammering with panic.

toward the fire. Above the

El miedo no es vergonzoso, sólo lo es la cobardía.

Children who go undisciplined are often frightened, insecure, angry, confused, and unhappy.

We only hate what we don't understand.

She knew she should be grateful to have a job at all. It took her two years of subbing before she finally landed this one. She couldn't risk losing it. She turned the handle slowly, pushed the door forward as if it was a giant boulder blocking the opening to a dark cave. She felt, for a moment, like Polyphemus returning to a cave of sheep. It wasn't the first time she felt like a monster.

Grace's boyfriend's parties became more important than trying to find ourselves. Maybe it's because we became afraid of what we'd find.

the knowledge that change can be frightening, that responsibility can, but that the answer to that is not refusing to change or to accept responsibility.

The thing with dying, well, with death really, is that there's a difference between being someone who knows they can really die at any time and someone who doesn't.

The worst of anything she could do to me would be to make me like her. That's why I ran away.

O demônio esbarra manso mansinho, se fazendo de apeado, tanto tristonho, e, o senhor pára próximo – aí então ele desanda em pulos e prazeres de dansa, falando grosso, querendo abraçar e grossas caretas – boca alargada. Porque ele é – é dôido sem cura. Todo perigo.

Viver é muito perigoso, mesmo.

Io vorrei decifrare le cose che sono importanti. E quel che sto raccontando non è una vita di uomo del sertão, sia pure jagunço, ma la materia che ne vien fuori. Vorrei capire a fondo la paura e il coraggio, e la voglia che spinge la gente a compiere tanti atti, a dare corpo al succedere. Quel che induce la gente a cattive azioni strane, è che uno si trova vicino a quel che è suo, di diritto, e non lo sa, non lo sa, non lo sa!

Dunque, non so se ho venduto? Dico a vossignoria: la mia paura è questa. Non vendono tutti? Dico a vossignoria: il diavolo non esiste, non c'è, e a lui io ho venduto l'anima... La mia paura è questa. A chi l'ho venduta? La mia paura è questa, signor mio: allora, l'anima, uno se la vende, da solo, senza nessun compratore...

E a gente raivava alto, para retardar o surgir do medo — e a tristeza em crú — sem se saber por que, mas que era de todos, unidos malaventurados.

O Mumbungo queria à sua mulher, a Mula-Marmela, e, contudo, incertamente, ela o amedrontava. Do temor que não se sabe. Talvez pressentisse que só ela seria capaz de destruí-lo, de cortar, com um ato de 'não', sua existência doidamente celerada. Talvez adivinhasse que em suas mãos, dela, estivesse já decretado e pronto o seu fim

It is some accomplishment to suffer fear, but to plod on nonetheless. There is some pride in survival.

We've got a bozo who likes rubbing fear and lies in people's faces. He's the only media source in town except us. Who are we writing for?" Elizabeth waved her hand emotionally. "The American people!" Baker clasped his brow. "Let's narrow that." Darrell stood. "We're writing for the community." "And they deserve the facts," Baker warned. "Don't ever forget it.

Wes held my hand in front of Dad, who played it real easy, like I had boys around all the time. JoAnn said I was lucky, and she should know. Her father specialized in fear, being a life insurance salesman, and could bring a boy to his knees.