Terrified Quotes

463 Terrified quotes by 386 unique authors

An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing. — Louise Bourgeois
Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. — Laurell K. Hamilton
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
I would like to be soft and warm. I would be terrified to be that way. I could be hurt if I were soft and… — James Frey
How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets." "Yeah," Jace said. "He's terrified I'll… — Cassandra Clare
How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley. George's fingers groped for the side of his head. "Saintlike," he murmured. "What's wrong with him?" croaked… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how… — John Lennon
Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at her for a… — Aldous Huxley
I am terrified by this dark thing That sleeps in me; All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity. Clouds pass and disperse.… — Sylvia Plath
We were green: we ripened and grew golden. The Sea terrified us: we learned how to drown. Squat and earthbound, we unfolded huge wings. We… — Unknown Author
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real.… — Neil Gaiman
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights."… — Gail Carson Levine
It was the kind of terrified look that reminds you that no matter how rational or grown up a person might seem, some part of… — Ann M. Martin
I began to wonder whether anything truly existed, whether reality wasn't an unformed and gelatinous substance only half-captured by my senses....If that were true, each… — Isabel Allende
I wake up thinking: What am I reading? What will I read next? I'm terrified that I'll run out, that I will read through all… — Annie Dillard
They wanted to carry her, but she jumped to the stones of the plaza and strode away from the building, toward her ranks, which parted… — Neal Stephenson
A strong woman is a woman who craves love like oxygen or she turns blue choking. A strong woman is a woman who loves strongly… — Marge Piercy
The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you… — Gore Vidal
Gosh, what a gripping story. You must have been simply terrified. Meanwhile we went to Godric's Hollow and, let's think, what happened there, Harry? Oh… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If your friend is sick and dying, the most important thing he wants is not an explanation; he wants you to sit with him. He's… — Lee Strobel
He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park one day and… — Diana Wynne Jones
It wasn't as if she was terrified of heights, she simply preferred to be closer to solid ground, where words like plummet and plunge did… — Victoria Alexander
How do you just stop being terrified of getting left behind and ending up by yourself forever and not meaning anything to the world? — John Green
A girl my age had been murdered in these woods and I'd seen her last terrified moments, watched her bleed to death in this forest.… — Kelley Armstrong

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