--- title: "1 Calm Panic Quotes By Barry Lyga" description: "1 Calm Panic quotes by Barry Lyga. Plus more from Barry Lyga and more Calm Panic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/barry-lyga-3439_afraid_fear-can-keep-you-alive-the-trick-is-not_2493571.png" --- > [Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If you’re afraid, that’s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Don’t run; don’t panic. Just pick up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/fear-can-keep-you-alive-the-trick-is-not-to-let-it-overwhelm-you-not/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/barry-lyga-3439_afraid_fear-can-keep-you-alive-the-trick-is-not_2493571.png) ## More by Barry Lyga > [“People can wonder and ponder and imagine all they want. But their curiosity does not entitle them to enter my world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/people-can-wonder-and-ponder-and-imagine-all-they-want-but-their/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event -- it's a process. Forgiveness happens while you're asleep, while you're dreaming, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/see-forgiveness-doesn-t-happen-all-at-once-it-s-not-an-event-it-s-a/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“Can they, like get fingerprints from her neck? Can they catch the guy that way?” “This guy isn’t an amateur. He probably used gloves.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/can-they-like-get-fingerprints-from-her-neck-can-they-catch-the-guy/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“Someone's on the rag," she chides, then grabs her crotch as if adjusting a cup. "And it's not me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/someone-s-on-the-rag-she-chides-then-grabs-her-crotch-as-if-adjusting/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“That last voice in his head. It hadn't been Billy's. It was his own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/that-last-voice-in-his-head-it-hadn-t-been-billy-s-it-was-his-own/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“Once he gets inside your head, you're dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/once-he-gets-inside-your-head-you-re-dead/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [Here’s the thing about baseball-it’s not the individual sport I thought it was. Turns out I was wrong about that. Yeah, the batter is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/here-s-the-thing-about-baseball-it-s-not-the-individual-sport-i/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/this-is-why-i-forgive-but-i-don-t-forget-when-you-forget-someone-the/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [You don't swing at any pitch. You swing at the ones you can hit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/you-don-t-swing-at-any-pitch-you-swing-at-the-ones-you-can-hit/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“I'm such a sleep pussy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/i-m-such-a-sleep-pussy/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [Maybe Rachel was right all along. Maybe the past is past, history is history, and you just push it aside and look for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/maybe-rachel-was-right-all-along-maybe-the-past-is-past-history-is/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/josh-mendel-has-a-secret-unfortunately-everyone-knows-what-it-is/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [Yes,” Howie said solemnly. “I can teach you how to be more ‘street’”. “For God’s sake…” “Or is it ‘urban’? I can’t remember. Anyway,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/yes-howie-said-solemnly-i-can-teach-you-how-to-be-more-street-for-god/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [And my parents made me want i am. So what? We get stuff from our parents, but we also get stuff from the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/and-my-parents-made-me-want-i-am-so-what-we-get-stuff-from-our/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) > [“And Jazz snapped. He didn't snap the way a normal person might snap. A normal person would fling his arms around and stomp his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lyga/and-jazz-snapped-he-didn-t-snap-the-way-a-normal-person-might-snap-a/) [Barry Lyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lyga/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calm-panic/barry-lyga/#itemlist", "name": "1 Calm Panic Quotes By Barry Lyga", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If you’re afraid, that’s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Don’t run; don’t panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. 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