Pessimism Quote by Erskine Childers

“The silence of the treacherous man should be feared more than his words.”

— Greek Proverb

“It was as though, so long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares…

— William Faulkner

“Was it a form of madness, no longer to be able to trust your sense of things? To be betrayed by decisions apparently arrived…

— Paul Russell

“I grief for the foolishness of my ignorance.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“One should be more concerned about what his conscience whispers than about what other people shout.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

“It was an ignorant perception of the past at which most scoffed, but those who were wiser simply shook their heads in embarrassment knowing…

— Sean DeLauder

“At bottom, I sensed in others a distrust, an uneasiness. An antagonism, which, because it was instinctive, was irremediable. I should have been a…

— Henry Miller

“For a moment I felt the terror. The deep primeval terror of something one does not understand, something which is against nature or, at…

— Philippa Gregory

“Maybe there was a very good reason for the primal terror that lies in every human heart, a forgotten understanding that there are some…

— Eyre Price

“Only fools and cowards scorned fear. Fear keeps you alive.”

— Victoria Schwab

“...radiating honest ignorance”

— Terry Pratchett

“There's a frightful muteness that dwells at the center of all unspeakable things, and I had found my way into it.”

— Sue Monk Kidd