Frightening Quotes - Page 5

• The more freedom I allow myself as a writer to wander, become lost and go into uncertain territory - and I am always trying to go to the more awkward place, the more difficult place - the more frightening it is, because I have no plan.

  Nicole Krauss

  Always Trying, Awkward, Territory

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• Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to the crops, scaring the livestock, and frightening women and children. The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such break-neck speed.

  Martin Van Buren

  Children, Fire, People

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• No science is ever frightening to Christians. Religious people don't need the science to come out any particular way on IQ or AIDS or sex differences any more than they need the science to come out any particular way on evolution...If evolution is true, then God created evolution.

  Ann Coulter

  Christian, Religious, Sex

  Ann Coulter (2006). “Godless: The Church of Liberalism”, p.277, Crown Forum

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• I danced frightening things. They were frightened of me and therefore thought that I wanted to kill them. I did not want to kill anyone. I loved everyone, but no one loved me, and therefore I became nervous.

  Vaslav Nijinsky

  Want, Nervous, One Love

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I'll show up at every classroom open house and teacher conference,' she said, now in a voice that was almost frightening in its intensity. 'I'll bake brownies. My child will have new clothes. Her shoes will fit. She'll get her shots, and she'll get her braces. We'll start a college fund next week. I'll tell her I love her every damn day.' If that wasn't a great plan for being a good mother, I couldn't imagine what a better one could be

  Charlaine Harris

  Mother, Teacher, Children

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.67, Penguin

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• Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the fear which comes from the feeling of helplessness.

  Susan Jeffers

  Inspirational, Life, Pushing Through

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• Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.

  Aulus Cornelius Celsus

  Music, Fitness, Running

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• Beautifully written, intensely passionate and gripping, FALLEN grabbed me
  from the first sentence and didn’t let go. Its eerie future world and
  frightening mores provide an unforgettable backdrop to the story of Lilia
  Desjardins, the shade-hunter, and fallen-angel turned cop, Adam Montgomery.
  It’s Matrix, Blade Runner and Terminator rolled into a riveting love story
  and made better. Perfect. A must-read by an author who keeps you on the
  edge of your seat.

  Linnea Sinclair

  Letting Go, Angel, Eerie

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• The journey is long, the road is dark and frightening, but together we can reach our destination: the Tasmania of which we all dream, where all are welcome and all prosper, made no longer of lies but truth, built not of rich men's hate but our love for our island and for each other.

  Richard Flanagan

  Dream, Hate, Lying

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• There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour.

  Gerald Petievich

  Book, Publishing, One Thing

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• We have come to look at our planet as a resource for our species, which is funny when you think that the planet has been around for about five billion years, and Homo sapiens for perhaps one hundred thousand. We have acquired an arrogance about ourselves that I find frightening. We have come to feel that we are so far apart from the rest of nature that we have but to command.

  Marston Bates

  Nature, Science, Thinking

  Horace Marden Albright, Marston Bates (1962). “The Horace M. Albright Conservation Lectureship”

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• The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.

  Bill Kurtis

  Ohio State, Drs, Done

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• It would be frightening to think that in all the Cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that only human life is happening randomly, that only one's destiny lacks meaning.

  Mircea Eliade

  Destiny, Thinking, Perception

  "The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom". Book by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross, 2011.

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• It can be really frightening for young people to see their parents fighting. Remember, you're not alone and there are people out there who can support you.

  Neil Buchanan

  Fighting, Support You, Remember You

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• Domestic violence affects many young people, whether in their relationships with each other or if they have grown up with violence in their homes. From playing Ste on Hollyoaks I can imagine how frightening it would be to have him as a boyfriend. Violence and bullying in relationships is always unacceptable. Everyone should Expect Respect in all of their relationships, and not only expect to be respected but to give respect to others as well.

  Kieron Richardson

  Bullying, Home, People

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• Death is only frightening from the near side.

  Jim Butcher

  Sides, Dresden Files

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.122, Penguin

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• People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Life, Fear, Ignorance

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5”, p.637, Penguin

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• Remembering how my mother looked before she gave birth to my sister is frightening. But even more frightening is the feeling that I wanted them to catch me and beat me. Why did I want to be punished? Shadows out of the past clutch at my legs and drag me down. I open my mouth to scream, but I am voiceless. My hands are trembling, I feel cold, and there is a distant humming in my ears.

  Daniel Keyes

  Mother, Past, Hands

  Daniel Keyes (2007). “Flowers for Algernon”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.

  Amos Tversky

  Running, Thinking, People

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• His [Elijah] heart was beginning to give signs of alarm; he was enjoying being at this woman's side. Love could be a more frightening experience than standing before Ahab's soldier with an arrow aimed at his heart; if the arrow had struck him, he would be dead -and the rest was up to God. But if love struck him, he alone would have to take responsibility for the consequences.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Responsibility

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• A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to part with it, in death, or even imaginatively, in art.

  Diane Ackerman

  Art, Self, People

  Diane Ackerman (2004). “An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.

  Gloria Allred

  Powerful, Rich, Helpers

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• I am delighted to be part of this Women's Aid campaign - the statistics are frightening. I've spent time with the victims of these cowardly acts, and it's heartbreaking. Everyday women and children are being abused in their own homes. I am standing up and saying that I am a Real Man, and that violence against women and children has to end.

  Gethin Jones

  Children, Real, Home

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• I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Math, Figures, Agree

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• Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.

  Kate Morton

  Mother, Children, Stories

  Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden: A Novel”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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