Frightening Quotes

460 Frightening quotes by 395 unique authors

I've never done acid, finding it hard to go willingly to a place that could be frightening, hellish, and totally beyond my control. A place… — Libba Bray
And yet, just for a moment, what almost frightening power had sounded in that cry from only a few hundred throats! Why was it that… — George Orwell
What would be frightening about me jumping out of the bush wearing a pig mask is not the sudden surprise, not me, and not the… — Peter Straub
I don't believe in fate. I don't believe in cushioning your insecurities with a system of belief that tells you 'Don't worry. This may be… — Maggie O'Farrell
You know, dulceata, there are times when I truly believe you are the most frightening person I know. Thank you? — Karen Chance
I just want some time, Mikhail, to think things through. Itâ€™s frightening, the way I am about you. I think about you every minute; I… — Christine Feehan
My life has been like all the lives, long and hard and full of sadness and confusion and horror, a frightening, difficult dream punctuated by… — James Frey
After Henry's treatment of her she wasn't sure that men could honestly love women but she wanted to believe it. She wanted to be told… — Anna Godbersen
It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy; it is dangerous.… — N.K. Jemisin
Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got… — Rob Sheffield
You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past. It's frightening how many people and things there are in a man's past… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
I am a wicked man... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jasper chuckled, shaking his head. " You truly are one frightening little monster. — Stephenie Meyer
It's frightening to wake up one morning and discover that while you were asleep you went out of style. — Erma Bombeck
Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder. — Kristin Cashore
So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?" "Not likely! I'm a coward. Only… — Diana Wynne Jones
The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch. — Nadine Gordimer
Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all. — Catherynne M. Valente
If I had two lives, in one life I could invite her to stay at my place, and in the second life I could kick… — Milan Kundera
So Iâ€™m into men now, even though they can be frightening. I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, non-Velcro-shoe-wearing man. — Mindy Kaling

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