#fear

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#life

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#fear #passion

it was like trying to see a shadow in the dark. ↗

— Melissa Andrea

#fear #fears #inspiring #see #seeing

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here! ↗

— Errol Morris

#ago #country #damn #died #done

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation. ↗

— Gouverneur Morris

#almost #armed #because #being #every

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. ↗

— John Mortimer

#dread #fear #fearful #feel #flattered

I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too much. ↗

— William Kittredge

#imagination

It was a fairy tale, no fooling. It was unreality becoming real. This frightened her. Because people don't care for unreality becoming real. It pricks their well-fed minds, you see, with something like a hunger pang. They prefer the logical stuffiness of expectancy. It is only at certain times that they weaken, letting imagination in. That's the time to get them. (“The Disinheritors”) ↗

— Richard Matheson

#imagination #rationality #reality #unreality #imagination

Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#fear #marilyn-manson #bravery

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself. ↗

— Beth Orton

#greatest #i #itself #say