“Little boys can be very silly," Anastasia agreed. Her quiet hand stroked Lexi's head, untangling her hair. "But you know what, agapi mou? You shouldn't be scared. I think he's more afraid of you than you are of him." Lexi could feel her mother smiling. She liked her mother's smile. It took up her entire face, radiating from her lips to her dimples to the crinkles around her eyes. "He's new here, and I think he is a very lonely little boy. Do you know why he is mean? He doesn't know how to be nice.” MeanChildrenMotherFearNiceSmileScaredSmilingLittle Boy Book:The Wake Up Source: The Wake Up
“Most people feared the darkness. Some people feared, more wisely, the things within the darkness. Gabriel feared both, and with good reason. He walked anyway. That had always been his way. He had a complicated history with the woodlands of the world. He'd met his share of the Cyclops and the Circes that lurked within. And the world never seemed to run out of monsters.” FearWoodsMonstersCirceCyclopsFear Of The Dark Book:The Wake Up Source: The Wake Up
“But anger is the world’s worst—and arguably most contagious—plague. It might look ugly on the outside, but it eats you from the inside out. If you catch it—and you will—you must accept it. It stems from the fear: understand that. You must fight it, you must heal, and you must let it go. Anger, when dealt with, is en ember that eventually dies out if you give it enough space and understanding.” PainFearUnderstandingAngerUglyHealPlagueLet GoEmber Author:Angela Panayotopulos
“Something new prowled these floors, something that sucked the space into its lungs and pressed up against people's eyeballs. She felt the darkness and told herself she could walk away from it, forgetting how difficult it is to run from that which you cannot see coming.” FearDarknessParanoiaForeboding Book:The Wake Up Source: The Wake Up
“It wasn't the darkness that killed people. It was the people who carried the darkness within them that did.” DeathFearDarknessMurderMonstersKillDarkness WithinMonsters Of MenMurdrer Book:The Wake Up Source: The Wake Up