Scared Quotes
1963 quotes by 1335 authors
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All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.
— John Wayne
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She buried her face in his shoulder. And while the truth still scared her, being in his arms made her feel like the sea finding…
— Lauren Kate
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Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness. And I want you to feel it--the wind coming off the river, the…
— Tim O'Brien
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She still felt shell-shocked by all of it, numb. Beneath the numbness, though, was a raw and terrible anger that was unlike anything she'd felt…
— Kristin Hannah
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How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself not to be so scared all the…
— Charles Yu
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How many times have I failed before? How many times have I stood here like this, in front of my own image, in front of…
— Charles Yu
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...when it came to dying, I was scared. Not of being dead, that I could not comprehend, to be nothing was impossible to grasp and…
— Per Petterson
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This Girl with nothing but her own strength and a desire to be free. With nothing but a beating heart that is scared to be…
— James Frey
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Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then feel…
— Tao Lin
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He was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring because yesterday has brought it.
— Neil Gaiman
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I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of…
— Sidney Sheldon
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And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?
— Catherine Fisher
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Those Montana Indians were so tough that white people were scared of them. Can you imagine a place where white people are scared of Indians…
— Sherman Alexie
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Are you scared?’ asked Mr. Ibis. ‘Not really.’ ‘Well, try to cultivate the emotions of true awe and spiritual terror, as we walk. They are…
— Neil Gaiman
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I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and scary, like something…
— Sarah Dessen
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We are injured and angry, scared and sad. Some families, like some couples, become toxic to each other after prolonged exposure.
— Jonathan Tropper
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You scared me for a minute there. I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods.
— Stephenie Meyer
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Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.
— Emma Donoghue
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Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.
— Katherine Paterson
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She knew it was the right decision, even though she was still scared. Doing nothing would achieve nothing.
— Tim Bowler
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