Frighten Quotes
184 Frighten quotes by 165 unique authors
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I like to do things that frighten me. When I’m afraid, I understand more things. I want the feeling... All my instincts cry out against…
— David Grossman
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I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.
— Shirley Jackson
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I see a kind of thirst in her expression, the same one I saw when she told me about her brother in the back room…
— Veronica Roth
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That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and…
— Jeannette Walls
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If I had to create a god, I would lend him a “slow understandingâ€: a kind of drip-by-drip understanding of problems. People who understand quickly…
— Roland Barthes
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I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is,…
— Richard P. Feynman
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Lancelot: Morgaine, Morgaine - kinswoman, I have never seen you weep. Morgaine: Are you like so many men, afraid of a woman's tears? (...) Lancelot:…
— Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also drag…
— Laura Moriarty
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But you can’t put fight into a man’s guts if he hasn’t any fight in him. There are some of us so cowardly that you…
— Henry Miller
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You frighten me, when you say there isn't time." "I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia."…
— Orson Scott Card
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This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us; they take advantage of our fear and frighten us still more.…
— Maxim Gorky
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No, nothing,' said Dumbledore, and a great sadness filled his face. 'The time is long gone when I could frighten you with a burning wardrobe…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten…
— Baron de Montesquieu
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I am too sick to lay down the sidewalks frighten me the whole damned city frightens me, what I will become what I have become…
— Charles Bukowski
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Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.
— Teresa of Avila
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People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It…
— Bill Cosby
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I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.
— Tony Benn
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With three or more people there is something bold in the air: direct things get said which would frighten two people alone and conscious of…
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who…
— Teresa of Avila
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There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and…
— Bill Murray
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