Fear Quote by Nnedi Okorafor Download Open image ““My mother once said that fear is like a man who, once burned, is afraid of a glow worm”” — Nnedi Okorafor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Parenting
“Fear is a fog that burns away with the first footsteps of love…” — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
“It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with, it is the mother of the thing you fear. The very thing… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“Fear made everyone look very alive in a strange and fragile way, like the last flare of a candle before it dies.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“But after years of Dad saying, ‘Fear keeps you safe, darling, because, as we know, the worst can happen,” — Kerry Fisher Copy Share Image
“Don’t fear, her father said, sometimes the scary things are beautiful as well and the more beauty you find in them the less scary… — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Fear was the worst evil ever to plague a man, for with it came hesitation and with that, inaction, failure, death.” — Melissa McPhail Copy Share Image
“The things we fear are almost always things which needn't be feared at all. They are creatures of our imagination.” — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“Fear was a wicked monster clinging to every insecurity, whispering the harshest things. And salvation could also be dirty.” — V. Theia Copy Share Image
“My greatest fear is that, even in death, I shall never forget the pain of living.” — Dorkly Copy Share Image
“Are they a secret part of the American government or a powerful private corporation? Is there a difference? To me, it doesn’t matter. It’s… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“When you face your deepest fears, when you are ready,” she’d said. “Don’t turn away. Stand tall, endure, face them. If you get through… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are! — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“But deep down inside me, I wanted . . . I needed it. I couldn’t help but act on it. The urge was so… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective. — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“Sunny nodded. But her mind was not on the problems of the black African diaspora. She was thinking about what it was going to… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t think they even knew how! A human being… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“Do you want to do this?” she asked. “Do I need to?” “Hmm. You’re still ashamed of what you are.” — Nnedi Okorafor 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