Fear Quote by Margaret Atwood Download Open image “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” — Margaret Atwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Feminism Laughing Men
Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death. — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
“When novelist Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: 'We're afraid they'll kill us.' When men were asked the… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different--men and women live in different worlds...at core, men are… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
The only men who aren't in fear of women's reactions are usually men who aren't born or who are dead. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time. — Eileen Myles Copy Share Image
Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight-or-flight thing. — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily. — Ludwig Borne Copy Share Image
“Women are born to serve and breed, and when we fail at this, what else is there? What is it that we can do that men can't? We bring their screaming mouths into this world only to be told by those mouths, now grown, that we're lesser than. Only good for being on our knees, backs, or perched over stoves.… — Felicia C. Sullivan Copy Share
I strike fear into you because I am a man?" "It isn't funny." "I do not laugh. It is a sad thing, yes, that… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes men are scared of me. You know, you become kind of an icon on television, and people are a little bit unsure, careful.… — Mischa Barton Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months… — Devon Ashley Copy Share Image
“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.” — Nagisa Tatsumi Copy Share Image
“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry” like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns… — Tim Sanders Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
