Fear Quote by N.K. Jemisin Download Open image ““Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”” — N.K. Jemisin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear
“Throughout history the conquerors have always treated the conquered this way. The bad ones need to believe we're inferior to justify the way they… — Michelle Cohen Corasanti Copy Share Image
“But are you sure you are not in the position of those conquerors whose triumphs have cost them too dear?” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“In conquering the fearsome beasts, the conquerors had unwittingly orphaned themselves.” — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Most often in history it was the conquerors who learned willingly from the conquered.” — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share
“I think it came from being a ruling class, from never being able to show weakness to the people they have conquered - to… — Peter Cunningham Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the ones who have strong enemies, for they have a vital reason to be better in every way.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“She had conquered them, as she would conquer so many in the years to come, by goodness rather than strength. It is a sorrowfully… — William Napier Copy Share Image
“Conquerors fight their own battles. You are more than a conqueror, that's why the battle was fought on your behalf by Christ. However, it… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“She feels closer than ever to her father in this moment of utter broken rage.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“When a comm builds atop a fault line, do you blame its walls when they inevitably crush the people inside? No; you blame whoever… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how I feel about a canon anymore ... The sheer volume of books that exist out there means that a canon… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“[...] the kind of healer who knows that sometimes one must inflict terrible agony - rebreak a bone, carve off a limb, kill the… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all,… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“You waver, because you don’t really want to know … but you haven’t been a coward for some years now. So you steel yourself… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“What can orogeny do against something like that? Keep her breathing, maybe. But breathing doesn't always mean living, and maybe... maybe genocide doesn't always… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“What the rust do you matter? Who cares about you? Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? Once, you did have people who cared about… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Let me say only that these vehicles float a few inches off the ground. No animals draw them. No steam or chemical fuels them.… — N.K. Jemisin 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