Quote by Sylvia Plath

I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it:…

— Sylvia Plath

“I have the fear of people knowing what I am fearful of.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“My greatest fear had always been: The more you get to know me, the less there is to know.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“The root of all fear is imagination.”

— Atshushi Okubo

“I knew then the taste of true fear. It tastes of dark places deep in your stomach and holds you by the neck.”

— Franny Billingsley

“We have nothing to fear but fear itself, unfortunately I'm very, very afraid!”

— Fletcher Best

“When we know what we most fear, we know what we most care about.”

— Patti Digh

“Fear? It’s not that I don’t have fears. I do and I have lots of them. I just don’t let them get in the…

— Mystqx Skye

“When you open your mind and hands and heart to the knowing of a thing, there is no room in you for fear.”

— Patricia A. McKillip

“We speak frequently of our fear of the unknown, but it is our known fears that often make us stumble.”

— Christie Purifoy

“Yes, there is that dark, terrifying loneliness that scares me, but I am acquainted with fear. If I stay inside it long enough, root…

— Zinzi Clemmons

“Fear's a box we grow used to, convince ourselves it's all the space we need, that we like its color, its smell, its protection.…

— Joan Medlicott