Terrifying Quotes

460 Terrifying quotes by 389 unique authors

We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way… — Wallace Shawn
My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse -… — Augusten Burroughs
At my back I hear the word-"homosexual"-and it seems to split my world in two.... It is ignorance, our ignorance of one another, that creates… — John Cheever
It's terrifying. It's so scary, because you get used to being around the crew and being friendly with everyone and then suddenly, at a certain… — Liv Tyler
An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls. TRICKED is… — Rachel Lloyd
Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three… — Unknown Author
The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak more than a… — Unknown Author
Horses are like giant possums that you can ride and they stare at you and have terrifying boners — Jeffrey Rowland
A writer is very much like the captain on a star ship facing the unknown. When you face the blank page and you have no… — Michael Spiller
I’ll always defend the people I love even though I’m as terrifying as a baby penguin. — Niall Horan
It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and… — M. William Phelps
One week I was in school and the next I'm at Leavesden Studios in Dumbledore's office reading scenes with Daniel Radcliffe. Weird. And terrifying for… — Evanna Lynch
When I try to write love, it only turns into horror. Thinking about it with a clear head, feeling such deep emotions to some other… — Gen Urobuchi
Bingeing is such an emotionally frenetic activity that no other concerns can exist in the same space. It is a hell that people who are… — Geneen Roth
Me being in love with a girl and wanting her to be with me, doing what I need to do to make her stay with… — Sara Quin
More than ever now, I believe it's so important to look as real and true to life as possible, because nobody's perfect. I seem to… — Kate Winslet
You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger. — August Wilson
Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more beautiful… — Terry Gilliam
Our world is... longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender... and ours; a God whose love… — Mike Yaconelli
The most terrifying thing is sometimes not what we see, but rather what we are forced to imagine. — FÃ©lix J. Palma
The darkest period of my life, so far, arrived the summer I was pregnant with my eldest son. The future was growing in me with… — Lauren Groff
For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself… — Tatiana Maslany
Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time. — Susan Cheever
Love is a really scary thing and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's… — Ariana Grande
I can conceive of no nightmare so terrifying as establishing communication with a so-called superior (or, if you wish, advanced) technology in outer space. — George Wald

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