Dread Quotes

466 quotes by 358 authors

We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to. — Emile M. Cioran
What is an "I", and why are such things found (at least so far) only in association with, as poet Russell Edson once wonderfully phrased… — Douglas Hofstadter
Deep within every man there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the tremendous household of millions and… — Soren Kierkegaard
This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread. — Meg Rosoff
I experience religious dread whenever I find myself thinking that I know the limits of Godâ€™s grace, since I am utterly certain it exceeds any… — Marilynne Robinson
Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door. — Jeanette Winterson
Each leaf that brushed his face deepened his sadness and dread. Each leaf he passed he'd never pass again. They rode over his face like… — Cormac McCarthy
The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He… — Steven Pressfield
Every man becomes the image of the God he adores. He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. He who loves corruption… — Thomas Merton
Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were… — Terry Pratchett
I felt despair. The wordâ€™s overused and banalified now, despair, but itâ€™s a serious word, and Iâ€™m using it seriously. For me it denotes a… — David Foster Wallace
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering… — C.S. Lewis
World of words lost on the living / I take my place with the walking dead / Robbed of my voice I'm always giving /… — Maggie Stiefvater
How surely are the dead beyond death. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a… — Cormac McCarthy
Rhoda comes now, having slipped in while we were not looking. She must have made a tortuous course, taking cover now behind a waiter, now… — Virginia Woolf
Much-Afraid, don't ever allow yourself to begin trying to picture what it will be like. Believe me, when you get to the place which you… — Hannah Hurnard
What happened to the world was gradual. I've forgotten what it actually was, but I have faint, fetal memories of what it was like. A… — Isaac Marion
I dread the loss of her I've never touched love keeps me a slave in a cage of tears I gnaw my tongue with which… — Sarah Kane
To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and… — Emile M. Cioran
People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacleâ€”the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the cast-off words and… — Janet Frame

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