Quotes About Fear

ALAS," said the mouse, "the world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when at last I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into." "You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up. Translated

It follows, perhaps, that we are now both married, you in Vienna, I to my fear in Prague, and that not only you, but I too, tug in vain at our marriage.

I've written already, the trip could only be made feasible by a lie and of lying I'm afraid, not like a man of honour, but like a pupil.

Then, at the last moment, I am forced to admit to myself that I was right after all, and that it was really impossible to go down into the burrow without exposing the thing I love best, for a little while at least, to all my enemies, on the ground, in the trees, in the air.

I should stop writing out of shame, because it is so easy.

if I could sleep as deeply as I sink into fear I would no longer be alive

As it is I have no one, no one here except the fear, together we roll through the nights locked in each other's arms.

But the condemned man looked so submissively doglike that it seemed as if he might have been allowed to run free on the slopes and would only need to be whistled for when the execution was due to begin.

I was wise, if you will, because I was prepared to die at any moment, but this was not because I had taken care of everything I was required to do, but rather because I had done none of it and also couldn't hope ever to do any of it.

One stands painfully pinned against the wall, fearfully lowers one's eyes to see the hand that pins and with a new pain that makes one forget the old, recognizes one's own crooked hand, which holds you with a strength it never had for good work. One raises one's head, again feels the first pain, again lowers one's eyes and this up and down never ceases.

Ihre Sicherheit ist nur durch ihre Dummheit möglich.

Perhaps if he were to open the door to the next room, or even the door to the hall, the two would not dare stop him, perhaps the best solution would be to bring the whole matter to a head. But then they might indeed grab him, and once subdued he would lose any degree of superiority he might still hold over them. Therefore he preferred the safety of whatever solution would surely arise in the natural course of things and returned to his room without a further word having passed on either side.

fire breaks out and I see nothing but fire

It's only in dreams that I am so sinister.

What wouldn't I do out of fear for you.

Lo que debe hacer es no tener más miedo si un fantasma viene realmente a su pieza. -Sí. Pero es que ése es el miedo secundario. El verdadero miedo es el miedo a la causa de la aparición. Y este miedo permanece, y lo tengo en gran forma dentro de mí.

Perhaps the logical conclusion is that we're both married, you in Vienna, I to my fear in Prague.

Ä°ntihar eden kiÅŸi, hapishanenin avlusunda daraÄŸac? kurulduÄŸunu gören, bu daraÄŸa-c?nm kendisi için kurulduÄŸu kuruntusuna kap?l?p, geceleyin hücresinden kaçarak kendini asan bir tutukludur.

My grandfather used to say: Life is astonishingly short. Now in my memory, it is so compressed that I can hardly understand, for example, how a young person can decide to ride to the next village without being afraid - that apart from accidents - even the time allotted to a normal, happy life is far too short for such a journey. (From: the next village)

Hace poco me preguntaste por qué decía que te tenía miedo. Como de costumbre, no supe qué contestarte, en parte, precisamente, por el miedo que me das, y en parte porque son demasiados los detalles que fundamentan ese miedo, muchos más de los que podría coordinar a medias mientras hablo. Su magnitud excede en mucho tanto mi memoria como mi entendimiento.

DoÄŸru yol yüksekte deÄŸil, yerin hemen üzerinde gerili bir ip boyunca ilerler. Üzerinde yürümek deÄŸil de, insan? çelmelemek içindir sanki.

Duc o via?? dubl?,însp?imânt?toare,din care,dup? toate probabilit??ile,nu exist? alt? cale de ieÅŸire decât nebunia.Scriu toate acestea acum când s-a f?cut diminea?? de-a binelea ÅŸi,sigur,nu le-aÅŸ fi scris dac? toate n-ar fi atât de adev?rate Å£i dac? nu le-aÅŸ iubi ca un fiu

It may be possible, I would not know, for a man who has conquered chaos to begin to write; those will be holy books. Or begin to love; that will be love, not fear of chaos...Not until the world has been ordered does the writer begin.

My grandfather used to say, Life is amazingly short. Now, looking back, it all appears so crowded together that I can hardly see how a young man could, for example, make up his mind to ride to the next village without fearing that, even without any special misfortunes, a normal, contentedly spent life might entirely run its course long before such a journey was complete.