Terror Quotes

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a joy that hurts with sadness a sadness that is pleasurable a pleasure full of terror a terror that excites an excitement that calms a… — Aidan Chambers
Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her. "Good-by--because I love you." He did not know; he did not understand. He would never understand. Perhaps Doctor… — Kate Chopin
God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from.… — C.S. Lewis
For a moment she turned in a circle, staring at her hands, which she held high and useless, close to her breast. She bobbed and… — Peter S. Beagle
Tis a sad day when ye ha' t' pinch yerself t' see if ye're awake or in th' midst o' a night terror. 'Tis a… — Karen Hawkins
People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought,… — Don DeLillo
I get glimpses of the horror of normalcy. Each of these innocents on the street is engulfed by a terror of their own ordinariness. They… — Katherine Dunn
Yeah, I know. Terror Aerobics. Just wait until they get it at the gym. It'll be bigge than pilates. --Eve — Rachel Caine
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that… — Oscar Wilde
How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds â€” and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man… — Elie Wiesel
The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety… — Kurt Vonnegut
I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of… — Mahatma Gandhi
It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with… — Oscar Wilde
Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance;...in which case, we should either-optimistically-get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then… — Salman Rushdie
I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.… — Bram Stoker
And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire… — Douglas Adams
Your only real choices are to open fully and receive their gifts or crucify them and be relieved of their force...But you must be willing… — David Deida
In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror. — Nick Cave
Stories have no point if they don't absorb our terror. — Don DeLillo
My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead. — Sarah Rees Brennan

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