Quotes About Dread

There is nothing to fear but to fear the fear itself

A familiar pang of dread wrapped its icy hand around my heart." Lorelei Preston-The Wild Hunt

Every day I wake up a little afraid. Only a fool is never afraid.

If you wish to fear nothing consider that everything is to be feared.

Dread is a womanish debility in which freedom swoons. Psychologically speaking, the fall into sin always occurs in impotence. But dread is at the same time the most egotistic thing.

There is a certain freedom in giving up all hope. One is no longer bound by the cords of dread or fear; you simply move toward the inevitable without thinking on the consequences.

Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends; He hurts me most who lavishly commends.

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of

I hate being young but I don't want to be old.

People are afraid of death yet it's life which is more painful.

I've developed a new philosophy...I only dread one day at a time.

Me doy cuenta de que siempre temí esta explicación, pero también me doy cuenta de que mi mayor temor era que no llegara.

And it's best if you know a good thing is going to happen, like an eclipse or getting a microscope for Christmas. And it's bad if you know a bad thing is going to happen, like having a filling or going to France. But I think it is worst if you don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing which is going to happen.

State terror then is not only "shock and awe," but often more a pinprick of wariness and dread, reminding one of state power, its dominance. In other words, the "shock and awe" is not a one-time event, nor is it meant to be. It is meant to have a lasting impact, to make the subordinated think always that the shock could be applied again. It is meant to leave one in an ongoing "state of shock. Whether

DeLillo presents art as the soundest magic against dread, the truest source of radiance and community. Albeit tentatively and ambiguously, Underworld suggests that artists may achieve an accommodation with culture that is also act of resistance. (7)

It's like waiting for a roller coaster but with only misery ahead and no thrill.

I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.

Horror films are very functional like comedies. The main thing with a comedy, the big question is "is it funny?" And with horror the question is "is it scary?"

Menacing lines of black tomorrows on the horizon.

Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.

Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit the very acts which make it certain that what they dread will happen.

We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.

He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living.