Conscience Quote by Chris Nicolaisen

“Perhaps at the end, when the masks of horror were laid aside, there was nothing with which the human mind could not cope.”

— Stephen King

“There was something awful about terror trapped behind silence. About latent emotions that couldn't be acted out.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“was our suffering of any consequence to their consciences? Did they see us as victims> Or were we simply nameless, faceless humans who were…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“Yet she could see by their shocked and altered faces that even their virtues were being burned away.”

— Flannery O'Connor

“The most terrifying part was that the evil dwelling in those eyes could've gone unnoticed by many.”

— Sidney Knight

“Now they were regaining consciousness– were being treated to a cruel and lovely illusion.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Try not to let them scare you too much. But, don’t forget, that they are scary people.”

— Drew Hayes

“They were savages, yet they were ghosts. The two most terrible and dreaded foes of civilised experience seemed combined at once in them.”

— Grant Allen

“They were frightened, no question, but they were not afraid of me. It was a fear of messing up and having to face themselves…

— Markus Zusak

“They also knew that the most frightening Talent was that which required no fanfare at all, that which slipped unnoticed to lie beside you…

— Jaida Jones

“Their eyes said that... they did know the meaning of the word 'fear'. It was something that happened to other people.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Because their fears were so deep, verbal acknowledgment would not suffice. He had to model the behavior.”

— Martin Linsky