Dread Quotes

466 quotes by 370 authors

Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning. — William Goldman
Thereâ€™s no conscious thing on the face of the world that doesnâ€™t know dread more intimately than its own heartbeat. — Clive Barker
I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results. — Edgar Allan Poe
The gardener had a dread of small women; he'd always imagined them to have an anger disproportionate to their size. — John Irving
...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back. — Jim Crace
A truce to philosophy!â€”Life is before me, and I rush into possession. Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and my soul knows… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
And that is how we are. By strength of will we cut off our inner intuitive knowledge from admitted consciousness. This causes a state of… — D. H. Lawrence
There is no delight the equal of dread — Clive Barker
Lena knew she had spent too much of her life in a state of passive dread, just waiting for something bad to happen. In a… — Ann Brashares
Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering that those they deal with-… — Ayn Rand
Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it. — Ian Fleming
You can't do anything in life. The social barriers in life are so intense and horrific that every encounter is just fraught with so many… — Larry David
The anticipation and dread he felt at seeing her was also a kind of sensual pleasure, and surrounding it, like an embrace, was a general… — Ian Mcewan
The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and… — Anne Ursu
This morning, as Charlotte approached the brick facade of Hartnett, she found herself overcome with a great sense of dread. It hit her with a… — Anne Ursu
I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people fill the void, appreciate all the opiates of the people,… — Joan Didion
He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking… — Peter De Vries
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol. — Alexandre Dumas
Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable? — Khalil Gibran
He was resentful against all those in authority over him, and this, combined with a lazy indifference toward his work, exasperated every master in school.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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