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title: "7 Terrifying Experience Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [You go into this survival instinct mode, when you feel like your life is in jeopardy. I found myself in the bathroom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-roberts/you-go-into-this-survival-instinct-mode-when-you-feel-like-your-life/)

[Emma Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-roberts/)

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> [If you ever find yourself on a boat in the middle of the ocean, you look around in every direction and don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-you-ever-find-yourself-on-a-boat-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean-you/)

[Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-james-marshall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/kerry-james-marshall-5157_direction_if-you-ever-find-yourself-on-a-boat-in-t_1653410.jpg)

> [“There is no more terrifying experience for a Christian than to discover he has suddenly become a rationalist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-kiljan-laxness/there-is-no-more-terrifying-experience-for-a-christian-than-to/)

[Halldór Kiljan Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-kiljan-laxness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/halld-r-kiljan-laxness-47318_christian_there-is-no-more-terrifying-experience-f_1881412.jpg)

> [It's a very strange and quite terrifying experience to watch yourself on TV. I never like to do it with other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bird/it-s-a-very-strange-and-quite-terrifying-experience-to-watch-yourself/)

[Simon Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bird/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/simon-bird-32224_experience_it-s-a-very-strange-and-quite-terrifying_2084560.jpg)

> [My sister and I were driving at night and were followed by guys on a bike. It was a terrifying experience. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shenaz-treasury/my-sister-and-i-were-driving-at-night-and-were-followed-by-guys-on-a/)

[Shenaz Treasury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shenaz-treasury/)

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> [The only place I do avoid is Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve. I saw in the New Year there once -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlene-phillips/the-only-place-i-do-avoid-is-trafalgar-square-on-new-year-s-eve-i-saw/)

[Arlene Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlene-phillips/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/arlene-phillips-5593_experience_the-only-place-i-do-avoid-is-trafalgar-s_2527744.jpg)

> [“Twice I flushed grouse, always a terrifying experience: an instantaneous explosion from the undergrowth at your feet, like balled socks fired from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/twice-i-flushed-grouse-always-a-terrifying-experience-an/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/bill-bryson-340_terrifying-experienc_twice-i-flushed-grouse-always-a-terrifyi_2785849.png)

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