#fear

I told myself: 'I am surrounded by unknown things.' I imagined man without ears, suspecting the existence of sound as we suspect so many hidden mysteries, man noting acoustic phenomena whose nature and provenance he cannot determine. And I grew afraid of everything around me – afraid of the air, afraid of the night. From the moment we can know almost nothing, and from the moment that everything is limitless, what remains? Does emptiness actually not exist? What does exist in this apparent emptiness? ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#fear #nihilism #paranoia #imagination

I turned to look into his face one last time. It was as if I could see the whole universe in his eyes. Maybe he was God, maybe he was simply enlightened. I didn't care right then, in that blessed moment, I just loved him. Later, though, the love was to turn to hate, to fear. They seemed so opposite, the feelings, yet they were all one note on his flute. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#hate #love #love

Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac. ↗

— Kele Moon

#erotic-romance #fear #love #love

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate. ↗

— James M. Cain

#hate #love #love

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bias #compassion #comprehension #discernment #fear

Some things are more important than safety. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#fearies #love #seth #love

Fear and hate create separation, love and joy creates belongingness and wholeness. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#hate #joy #love #meditation #separation

She knew that was not an honest prayer, and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been, Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart, and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#heartache #prayer #sorrow #sorrow

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#fear #oppression #repression #oppression

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#intimacy