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Quotes About Paranoia

Mountain was being watched by too many
~ Tui T. Sutherland
In an age of aerial surveillance and high-security technology, it was a blacksmith's barrier of antiquated ironmongery: old rusty ramparts running for miles, a visible example of national paranoia.
~ Paul Theroux
Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.
~ Paulo Coelho
The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.
~ Paulo Coelho
We are always prepared to defend ourselves, because we all live with the fear and paranoia that other people don't like us.
~ Paulo Coelho
Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?
~ John Kennedy Toole
I used to imagine the spider creeping down, crawling into my mouth, sliding down my throat, and laying loads of eggs in my belly. The Baby spiders would hatch after a while and eat me alive, from the inside out
~ Darren Shan
It was not knowing that was the seed of madness, loneliness, suspicion, fear.
~ Dave Eggers
For years I feared the opening of every elevator, half-convinced that from the opened doors would come a bullet, for me, shot by a man in a tan trenchcoat. I have no idea why I feared this, expected it to happen. I even knew how I would react to this bullet coming from the elevator door, what word I would say. That word was: Finally.
~ Dave Eggers
I'm afraid of Americans.
~ David Bowie
Alas, there truly are conspirators in this world, flourishing wherever light doesn't shine. Moreover, they developed a great technique to distract from their own plots – they help spread a stinging miasma of paranoid ravings that genuine schemes can hide behind!
~ David Brin
Yes, I'm paranoid — but am I paranoid enough?
~ David Foster Wallace
YES, I'M PARANOID—BUT AM I PARANOID ENOUGH?
~ David Foster Wallace
That the people to be most frightened of are the people who are the most frightened.
~ David Foster Wallace
I said I think I'm being followed.' 'Some men are born to lead, O.
~ David Foster Wallace
There's sun on the wall with the hanging viewer and poster of the paranoid king and an enormous hand-drawn Sierpinski gasket.
~ David Foster Wallace
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
~ William Shakespeare
But jealous souls will not be answered so. They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they're jealous. It is a monster Begot upon itself, born on itself.
~ William Shakespeare
jealous souls need no evidence. They aren't jealous because of a reason, but merely because they are jealous people. Jealousy is a monster that gives birth to itself.
~ William Shakespeare
I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and if you've never seen neurotics play softball, it's really funny. I used to steal second base, and feel guilty and go back.
~ Woody Allen
un agente de seguros. Qué horrible profesión: alimentar a tu familia de la paranoia ajena.
~ Xavier Velasco
There's nothing more refreshing than a good dose of paranoia after sex. ~ Tara Cole
~ Unknown
Watching my back is the perfect opportunity to stick a knife in it.
~ Holly Black
Try not to get killed by some handsome, paranoid elf who thinks he's stuck in a ballad. I'll try not to flunk out of physics.
~ Holly Black