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Fear Quotes



"At three in the morning the gaudy paint is off that old whore, the world, and she has no nose and a glass eye. Gaiety becomes hollow and brittle, as in Poe's castle surrounded by the Red Death. Horror is destroyed by boredom. Love is a dream."


"It is not the homeless, mentally ill or extremely cunning people that we have to be afraid of. When someone loses everything that meant something to them is when people should get very afraid. A person that has nothing to lose is the scariest person on earth."


"I thought: That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it. It is fear like if someone lost his glasses and went to the glasses store they told him that the world had run out of glasses and he would just have to do without."


"Fear is the limit of existence."



"Of course we're friends ... we are both civilized men, aren't we? We've shared bed and board and bottle. We'll always be friends, and the dog collar I have on you will always be ignored by mutual consent, and I'll take good and benevolent care of you. All I ask in return is your soul. Small item. We can even ignore the fact that you've handed it over, the way we ignore the dog collar."


"Stage fright is very common and could be overcomed through step by step processes, but stuttering is a fright that takes time to conquer."


"The higher one sits, the greater the fear of fall."


"Throughout the evolution of mankind our very much primordial ancestors had one thing in common, it was ignorance. This ignorance gave birth to fear. Fear of the unknown became a quintessential element of their daily survival. To ace the intensity of the fear, rituals of worship arose."



"Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention."



"In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea."


"It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone's fear is equal."


"There's not a single good thing about fear. Fear is a habitual liar and a destroyer of a purpose - filled life. Don't entertain fear. You've got to protect your dreams, goals, and the desires of your heart. Be brave in all things!"


"Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences."



"The only reason for your intimidation by the devil, and your being afraid of him, or what he can do is because you are living in ignorance (darkness) which is his territory."


"Fear is a perception to dare but not to scare."


"A person who has the slightest fear of insult cannot be called a "Gnani [the enlightened one] and a person who desires self-recognition [maan] is not a Gnani [the enlightened one]."


"When we overcome the fear of death, we become deathless, endless, and infinite."


"Sometimes it is easier to feel the veins wilted and empty than to sense the coldness of blood in fear."


"The continuation of man's life is more attributable to his fear of death than it is to his desire to live. As a matter of fact, in countless cases, it is attributable to only the former."


"Until you break through the walls of fear, you will not be able to reach the door of opportunity."


"Fear deprive us of what we can possess."


"Tis like she comes to speak of Cassio's death,The noise was high. Ha! No more moving?Still as the grave. Shall she come in? Were 't good?I think she stirs again-No. What's best to do?If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife-My wife! my wife! what wife? I have no wife.Oh, insupportable! Oh, heavy hour!Methinks it should be now a huge eclipseOf sun and moon, and that th' affrighted globeShould yawn at alteration."
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