Frightened Quotes

604 Frightened quotes by 512 unique authors

Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to close the eyes and fall. So easy, really. Go limp and tumble to… — Tim O'Brien
I didn't like parties.I didn't know how to dance and people frightened me, especially people at parties. They attempted to be sexy and gay and… — Charles Bukowski
Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten… — Richard Dawkins
To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, canâ€™t sit… — Charles Bukowski
He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.' I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He thought me courageous?… — Alison Goodman
It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the… — Bryce Courtenay
I know there isn't no beastâ€”not with claws and all that, I meanâ€”but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unlessâ€”" Ralph moved… — William Golding
I had a terrible temper, after all, and though it rarely erupted, when it did it frightened me and anyone near its epicenter. It was… — Kay Redfield Jamison
A frightened man is a beaten man. — George R. R. Martin
For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are… — Albert Schweitzer
...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children, yearning to fall… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick. — Alison Croggon
Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. — J D Salinger
Iâ€™d always been afraid of sick people, and so had my mother. It wasnâ€™t that we feared catching their brain aneurysm or accidentally ripping out… — David Sedaris
They looked like two children," she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The importance of Liking Yourself is a notion that fell heavily out of favor during the coptic, anti-ego frenzy of the Acid Era--but nobody guessed… — Hunter S. Thompson
It was a strange monster, for beneath its exterior it was frightened and sickened by its own violence. It chastised itself for its savagery. And… — Kristin Cashore
I'm frightened of nothing anymore," answered Fell simply, "except lies. For they're the real killers. — David Clement-Davies

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