--- title: "8 Fear Grows Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Fear Grows quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Fear Grows sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/catherine-anderson-308_fear_blue-eyes-he-trailed-his-lips-down-one-o_77996.jpg" --- > [“Blue Eyes…” He trailed his lips down one of her braids until he found the sweet curve of her neck. “Make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/blue-eyes-he-trailed-his-lips-down-one-of-her-braids-until-he-found/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/catherine-anderson-308_fear_blue-eyes-he-trailed-his-lips-down-one-o_77996.jpg) > [“The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/the-danger-when-not-seen-has-the-imperfect-vagueness-of-human-thought/) [Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/joseph-conrad-336_danger_the-danger-when-not-seen-has-the-imperfe_538796.jpg) > [Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-garrison/fear-grows-out-of-the-things-we-think-it-lives-in-our-minds/) [Barbara Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-garrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/barbara-garrison-222093_compassion_fear-grows-out-of-the-things-we-think-it_600048.jpg) > [“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-thompson/fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-there-s-a-bogeyman-around-turn-on/) [DOROTHY THOMPSON](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/dorothy-thompson-17557_darkness_fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-ther_805634.jpg) > [Fear looks both ways but still refuses to cross; fear looks twice and still doesn't leap. ... Fear usually arrives late, inevitably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-barreca/fear-looks-both-ways-but-still-refuses-to-cross-fear-looks-twice-and/) [Gina Barreca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-barreca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/gina-barreca-12785_coming-home_fear-looks-both-ways-but-still-refuses-t_874456.png) > [If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scilla-elworthy/if-fear-grows-fat-on-the-energy-you-feed-it-you-have-to-talk-it-down/) [Scilla Elworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scilla-elworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/scilla-elworthy-27159_down_if-fear-grows-fat-on-the-energy-you-feed_1777295.png) > [Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/every-time-we-tell-a-lie-the-thing-we-fear-grows-stronger/) [Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/tad-williams-2777_brutal-honesty_every-time-we-tell-a-lie-the-thing-we-fe_2803199.png) > [I have a little mantra: 'My fear grows fat on the energy I feed it. And if it grows very big, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scilla-elworthy/i-have-a-little-mantra-my-fear-grows-fat-on-the-energy-i-feed-it-and/) [Scilla Elworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scilla-elworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/scilla-elworthy-27159_big_i-have-a-little-mantra-my-fear-grows-fat_2949017.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear-grows/#itemlist", "name": "Fear Grows Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Blue Eyes…” He trailed his lips down one of her braids until he found the sweet curve of her neck. “Make a picture for me, yes? So I can see what you fear.” “What good will that do?” “Fear is a strong enemy. I would stand beside you.” She sighed. “Hunter, you are what I fear.” Releasing her shoulders, he slipped his arms around her, placing his palms beneath her breasts. He smiled at the way she gripped his wrists to make sure his hands didn’t wander. “I strike fear into you because I am a man?” “It isn’t funny.” “I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that your husband is a man. A very terrible thing.” She rewarded him with a tremulous laugh, looking at him over her shoulder. “It isn’t that you’re a man, exactly. It’s what will happen between us because you’re a man.” “Many good things.” He felt her tense. “Little one, you will trust, eh? I make no lies. What is between us will be very good.” “I try to believe that, really I do. And then I remember.” “Make a picture of the remembering, eh?” “I can’t.” Hunter tightened his hold on her. “It is a memory of your mother?” “Yes,” she admitted. “My mother and what--the Comanches did to her. The memories hit me, and I feel so frightened. 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