Fear Quote by Tony Brasunas Download Open image ““We fear what we long for. This is the paradox.”” — Tony Brasunas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Longing Paradox
“That's what's so paradoxical. First of all, they take our people's pride, and when it's gone they're scared to death of treading on it.” — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“Life is entirely too short for fear to be a factor in how we live it.” — Ann Christy Copy Share Image
“Fear is a real enemy. What does it do? It buys our coffin long before we are destined to die.” — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
“When fear is bigger than the benefit, it stops us from taking action.” — Jonathan Green Copy Share Image
“Fear is a survival instinct, after all. When there’s no longer a chance of survival, there should no longer be a reason for fear… — Joe Kita Copy Share Image
“Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.” — Idowu Koyenikan Copy Share Image
“Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“More often than not, the thing we fear is less than half the size of the fear it creates.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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
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 now, I’ve lived in terror, fearing everything and everyone. I don’t want to be scared anymore. The only time I’ve ever felt safe is in your arms. I love you, and I just want to let… — Devon Ashley Copy Share
“...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 twice your size who wants to pound you into the earth - it feels as if you're being injected with darkness. It's like black water as cold as ice settling in your body where your blood… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share
“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. Anyway, both of these impulses can destroy order, which comes out of both drives, and which is another human need I haven't yet fit into my scheme. So both have to be controlled. But in fact,… — Marilyn French Copy Share
“Yes, the issue was courage. It always had been, even as a kid. Things scared him. He couldn't help it. Noise scared him, dark scared him. Tunnels scared him: the time he almost won the Silver Star for valor. But the real issue was courage. It had nothing to do with the Silver Star...Oh, he would've liked winning it, true,… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share
