Frightening Quotes

460 Frightening quotes by 395 unique authors

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste… — Walter Kaufmann
What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can only read a few and those perhaps… — John Steinbeck
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly the dark side… — Anne Lamott
He must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy...walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual.' But… — Yann Martel
It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you… — Betty Friedan
She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I… — Khaled Hosseini
What I saw wasn't a ghost. It was simply--myself. I can never forget how terrified I was that night, and whenever I remember it, this… — Haruki Murakami
It is these black clothes," said Strange. "I am like a leftover piece of funeral, condemned to walk about the Town, frightening people into thinking… — Susanna Clarke
She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and… — Angela Carter
if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I must tell you that I should really like to think there's something wrong with me- Because, if there isn't, then there's something wrong with… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,but I don't believe that." he said. Then, a moment later, he… — Haruki Murakami
Everything. I have done everything you wanted...You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me. I was frightening...I have reordered… — A.C.H. Smith
A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening... — Jeanne DuPrau
Twice in her life she had mistaken something else for it; it was like seeing somebody in the street who you think is a friend,… — Nancy Mitford
I had been downright paranoid all afternoon, aware of everyone near me. By the time I went for the car, my neck and shoulders were… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This… — Gao Xingjian
She had begun to read in the beginning as a protection from the frightening and unpleasant things. She continued because, apart from the story, literature… — Patrick White
Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses...… — Alfred Bester

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