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Quotes About Apprehension

Would have liked a minute of not being nervous, but ended up even worse...
~ Unknown
There is no worse feeling than being nervous!
~ Unknown
Being nervous is a side effect of being unprepared.
~ Unknown
I'm sick of waking up & being scared of what the day will bring.
~ Unknown
Being scared to death when someone says "Oh! I heard something about you!"
~ Unknown
Deep down inside ourselves, we are all scared of something.
~ Tim Walters
It isn't just the physical presence of the father that matters- it's his engagement and involvement. An emotionally remote or rejecting or actively punitive father leads to girls' feeling pretty apprehensive around men.
~ Victoria Secunda
Manson maintained, because he was completely paranoid. Being frightened of everything, he missed nothing.
~ Vincent Bugliosi
The time for hope is gone, and come for fear.
~ Vittorio Alfieri
Part of the problem is that he lacks confidence. He is nervous.
~ Charles Clarke
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
~ Seneca the Younger
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
~ William Shakespeare
How? I murmur. It feels as if I am talking in my sleep, floating down a stream of sleep. How can I conquer the worst fear? You just decide, she says simply. Just decide that you are not going to be a fearful woman and when you come to something that makes you apprehensive, you face it and walk slowly and steadily towards it. And smile.
~ Philippa Gregory
Caroline took one look at the box and figured Wally had given her a present in return—something even grosser than cat vomit. She took it to her room, then had second thoughts and took it out to the garage instead. Maybe she should call the bomb squad to open it. It was probably something that would explode in her face.
~ Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Above me on the landing stood a strange girl, about my age, with short black hair. She was smiling down at me, not a warm smile, not a friendly smile, but the coldest, most frightening smile I had ever seen.
~ R.L. Stine
Because I knew it was happening again.
~ R.L. Stine
Michael!" Oliver's voice came faint through the front door. "Something you should see, my boy! Look out your windows!" "Trap," Shane said instantly, and reached out to grab Michael's arm as he walked by. "Don't, man." "What's he going to do? Make faces at me?
~ Rachel Caine
I feel a wave of pure horror, like cold honey over my skin.
~ Rachel Caine
Hope was a great deal like fear.
~ Rachel Caine
There will be something very wrong with any place we go.
~ Dean Koontz
I guess I need to get my paranoid on.
~ Dean Koontz
What's dropped your heart into your shoes?
~ Dean Koontz
When danger can be sensed but not identified, then everyone and everything becomes a source of concern; the world from horizon to horizon seems hostile.
~ Dean Koontz
The flesh on the nape of my neck did the crawly thing that it does so well. Some people say this is God's warning that the devil is near, but I've noticed I also experience it when someone serves me Brussels sprouts.
~ Dean Koontz