Terror Quotes

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The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight… — Thomas Ligotti
His body rigid with terror as he waited for the savages to something horrible to himâ€”bash his head with clubs, or stab him with spears,… — Dave Barry
September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terrorâ€™s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eaglesâ€™ wings.--from the poem Angel of Remembrance:… — Aberjhani
A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human… — William Blake
Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have… — George W. Bush
Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?â€ I say. â€œI don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around… — Suzanne Collins
An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity. — Walter de La Mare
Demons feed on death and pain madness," Valentine said. "When I kill, it is because I must. You grew up in a falsely beautiful paradise… — Cassandra Clare
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn… — Herman Melville
Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror. — Alexis de Tocqueville
One of those out-of-the-ordinary days that made sense of the slew of ordinary days. New York had a way of doing that. Every now and… — Colum McCann
Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world's population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror. — Michael Moorcock
The good folks mostly win, courage usually triumphs over fear, the family dog hardly ever contracts rabies: these are things I knew at twenty-five, and… — Stephen King
I guess I can't blame him for feeling bitter. Going from being the terror of Bulgarian nights to a janitor would kinda suck — Kiersten White
I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
We think there are limits to the dimensions of fear. Until we encounter the unknown. Then we can all feel boundless amounts of terror. — Peter HÃ¸eg
Boo," I said. He reacted as all mutts react when I confront them. He leapt from his chair and dove for the nearest exit, shaking… — Kelley Armstrong
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
He picked up the wrench and broke the guyâ€™s wrist with it, one, and then the other wrist, two, and turned back and did the… — Lee Child
Are you scared?â€™ asked Mr. Ibis. â€˜Not really.â€™ â€˜Well, try to cultivate the emotions of true awe and spiritual terror, as we walk. They are… — Neil Gaiman

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