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Quotes About Dread

It is not death we fear, but the thought of it.
~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.
~ E. Stanley Jones
When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.
~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
We fear the thing we want the most.
~ Dr. Robert Anthony
If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And I want my readers to feel that fear as they turn the page.
~ George R. R. Martin
One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death.
~ George Orwell
One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.
~ Anton Yelchin
Everybody's afraid of something.
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
thread of panic in her voice.
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sometimes fear of a thing is worse than the thing itself.
~ Susan Meissner
Will you tell me?" I asked. "Tell you what?" He spoke flatly, as if he dreaded my question and already knew that he would answer it. "What you did." "Why do you think that knowing makes a difference?" "I've thought that all my life." "Well, you're wrong. Knowing don't mean shit.
~ Susanna Moore
The trees in the park swayed and shuddered in anticipation, with delight or dread I do not know.
~ Susanna Moore
I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the most. This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta. The gratitude that he game an edge by professing his love for me in the interview. The anger at his superiority on the roof. The dread that we may come face-to-face at any moment in this arena.
~ Suzanne Collins
Underground. Which I hate. Like mines and tunnels and 13. Underground, where I dread dying, which is stupid because even if I die aboveground, the next thing they'll do is bury me underground anyway.
~ Suzanne Collins
ll I can think about, every day, every waking minute since they drew Prim's name at the reaping, is how afraid I am.
~ Suzanne Collins
I can't fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I've been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen
~ Suzanne Collins
This is the day of the reaping.
~ Suzanne Collins
Tenemos que bromear sobre el tema, porque la alternativa es morirse de miedo.
~ Suzanne Collins
Underground, where I dread dying, which is stupid because even if I die above ground, the next thing they'll do is bury me underground anyway.
~ Suzanne Collins
The words take the air out of the room and make my skin crawl. We sit there quietly, afraid it might get worse. It can always get worse. I know that now.
~ Suzanne Young
PÃ…â"¢esnÄ› toho jsem se bál. A pÃ…â"¢esnÄ› po tom jsem toužil.
~ Sven Lindqvist
If I ever married, I know I would dread the daily sound of the key in the door and the casual expectancy of 'Hello! I'm home!'
~ Celia Imrie
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
~ Blaise Pascal
I have a horror of being in confined spaces.
~ Hayley Mills