Angst Quotes

“I’m with you; it’s only me.”

— Kyra Gregory

I was an angst-y journal writing kid.

— Justin Halpern

I don't get hung up a lot on angst.

— Karin Slaughter

“Go with yourself.”

— Fiona Apple

“A united front announcing a split.”

— Sarah Dessen

“Vrees veroorzaakt het gevreesde.”

— Anonymous

“Intet håp uten angst.”

— Camilla Sørensen

Art is not only about angst.

— John Corigliano

“Have we become so defensive that we cannot even tolerate a kind act?”

— Kyra Gregory

Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count.

— Winona Ryder

“I knew I was high maintenance and he was obviously going to be the same”

— Sylvia Day

We fear only what we haven’t understood.

— Byron Katie

“I lowered my mouth to his ear and said, “I think you’re my everything.”

— Amy Lane

In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on.

— Sharon Van Etten

“Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.”

— Leslea Tash

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

— Jim Broadbent

“This black box is yours to keep, to stash your troubles away. Just lock it up and call my name and I'll…

— Cassia Leo

“It is possible that the artists are sane and the world they are painting is crazy.”

— William Zinsser

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.

— Paul Beatty

To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to.

— Jane Lynch

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

— Martin Gore

“Why is it women have to bring all this angst into sex? We should be more like men. In. Out. Over. Next.”

— Lara Rios

Whether it's angst or jealousy, catfights always have to come from the wellspring of the emotion of the character.

— Sallie Patrick

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and…

— Dave Davies

“You don’t have to have had something to want it or need it but when you have something you liked… very much……

— Kristen Ashley

I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can.…

— Sarah Mlynowski

You don't have to have angst to be an artist, but it's grist to the mill. If you want to explore the…

— Cornelia Parker

“It’s so peaceful. I could go to sleep in here.” His eyes flickered to me once more, and for a dizzying second…

— J.M. Richards

Your desires are immense, almost infinite. Because of your desires life becomes a competition, and wherever there is competition, there is anxiety…

— Anonymous

Tranquilizers to overcome angst, pep pills to wake us up, life pills to ensure blissful sterility. I will lift up my ears…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“And then, one morning, you're startled to discover that you no longer feel this terrible burden. What a surprise to notice that…

— David Foenkinos

The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a…

— Jerry Garcia

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced…

— Beverly Pepper

“Pornind de la «metoda Tillich» de inlocuire a angoasei cu frica, am putea gandi un alt mecanism de aparare in fata angoasei,…

— Stefan Bolea

“I couldn't tell anyone how I felt because I knew they wouldn't understand. Oh, poor little Christina, falling for the bad man…

— Nenia Campbell

Just that, is one of those uncommon moments, those times when you don't wish for something else, for even one thing to…

— Deb Caletti

But even if we were to disappear, people would still be divided into people and Others. No matter how those Others were…

— Sergei Lukyanenko

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living…

— Rob Sheffield

“She’s having a party, you know. This coming week.” He took a sip of wine. “I know. I received an invitation this…

— Jess Michaels

I think that the thing is, all those years of creating music or trying to express something of a dark shadow, an…

— Annie Lennox