I just write when fear overtakes me.

This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities…

— Gail Honeyman

“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months…

— Devon Ashley

“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking…

— M.T. Anderson

What an incredible drug fear is.

— Anne Lamott

“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.”

— Nagisa Tatsumi

“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its…

— Don DeLillo

When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone…

— Alexander Gordon Smith

“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for…

— Patrick deWitt

It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…

— Dacia Maraini

“Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry” like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns…

— Tim Sanders

“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.…

— Marilyn French

“Carrie Fisher. “Stay afraid, but do it anyway.”

— Gabrielle Union

“Yes, the issue was courage. It always had been, even as a kid. Things scared him. He couldn't help it. Noise scared him, dark…

— Tim O'Brien

Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In…

— Gertrude B. Elion

Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in…

— John Hagee