“Look, fearless people are stupid, ‘cause they don’t even understand what fear is. If I was fearless, I’d jump out of a plane without a parachute, or eat your mom’s cooking again…”
Source: A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
“The very constitution of twilight is a fabulous reconstruction of fear, fear bottom-out and wrong side up. Every day is thought upon and calculated, but the night is not premeditated.”
Source: Nightwood
“Serenity stems from simplicity,
Fear festers in frivolity.
Peace stems from patience,
Insecurity festers in apathy.”
Source: Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations
“Вони завжди знаходили виправдання, щоб вислизнути від мене, боячись відкрити обмеженість своїх знань.”
Source: Flowers for Algernon
“¿Y el miedo? El miedo perdura, está encima de mí, enorme y prepotente como un globo aerostático. Pero los miedos existen precisamente para esto, para ser derrotados.”
Source: Querida Mathilda
“Only the monsters down here were most definitely not nice, and trying to cuddle one would be dangerous, like kissing a piranha”
Source: Where the Monsters Live
“Could that have been what Mr. Sheppard feared all along: not the disease itself, but how Max would grow up living in fear?”
Source: Coincident
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” This touches on the heart of the argumentum ad populum fallacy. Physical reality does not require belief to sustain it, and belief will not modify the rules of the universe.”
Source: Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God
“The biggest messes that we make in life often arise out of the refusal to make one.”
“Unprovoked insults are but the surly mask of fear and ignorance.”