Quotes About Dread

Distill'dAlmost to jelly with the act of fear.

And they lived horribly ever after, scaring the socks off all who fell afoul of them.

It's not death people are afraid of. It's life.

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was dead wrong. It's the absence of fear that we should fear.

scared out of her wits.

he thought he was going to be slapped.

There is no word in the English language for the feeling someone gets when they suddenly realize they're standing next to an unholy monster impersonating a human. Monstralization, maybe?

I'm scared David" "That's good, because there's lots to be afraid of

I am afraid of Mr. Powell. I am more afraid of him than I have ever been of shadows or the thunder or when you look through the little bubble in the glass of the window in the upstairs hall and all of the out-of-doors stretches and twists its neck.

Dread begins to inch in. No. Dread isn't one of those subtle emotions. It moves in and takes over, and then it drips and hands, like Spanish moss.

Annabelle is rarely relaxed anymore, not even in her own house. So here, her panic is rising. It's a tsunami of dread and obligation and the knowledge of bathroom use in small places.

Dread begins to inch in. No. Dread isn't one of those subtle emotions. It moves in and takes over, and then it drips and hangs, like Spanish moss.

Qué triste es que el futuro no te dé esperanza, tan sólo miedo.

La gente no sabe lo duro que es tener miedo al hombre con quien vives. Es lo peor de todo. Entras en tu casa como si entrases en la guarida de un lobo y respiras si él no está. Y cuando viene, rezas para que no haya bebido, no haya perdido en el juego y venga tranquilo. No sabes qué hacer ni adónde ir, el miedo te paraliza el cuerpo y la mente. Solo eres miedo.

Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than fear itself

eyes shut, dread coursing through him like a reverse meditation designed to eradicate serenity

The true fear is the fear of being afraid.

And I saw that all my life I had known that this was going to happen, and that I'd been afraid for a long time, I'd been afraid for a long time. There's fear, of course, with everybody. But now it had grown, it had grown gigantic; it filled me and it filled the whole world.

Majesty, there is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

When at last they begin to move, instead of happiness or relief, they all feel a tentative, miniature suspension of dread.

Jack!" she said. "What did you do to Lydia? Why does she look dead?

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...

Is there anything more horrible than death?

It was the night before the end of the world.