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• Awareness of insanity does not make one any less insane. Awareness of drowning does not make one any less of a drowning person--it only adds the burden of panic

  Guillermo del Toro

  Insanity, Insane, Doe

  Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan (2011). “The Night Eternal”, p.13, HarperCollins UK

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• Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet, slashing with his sword instead of stabbing like a Roman would, whacking campers with the flat of his blade, and generally causing mass panic.

  Rick Riordan

  Feet, Style, Unorthodox

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• My mind’s screaming went unvoiced. Logic grabbed the panic and wrestled it to the ground.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mind, Logic

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.195, Harlequin

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• Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.

  Howard Tayler

  Gun, Judging, Sound

  "Schlock Mercenary". Webcomic by Howard Tayler, www.schlockmercenary.com. January 16, 2002.

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• Once I'm on my feet i realize escape might not be so simple, panic begins to set in. i can't stay here. flight is essential but i can't let my fear show. Winning means fame and fortune, losing mean certain death, The Hunger Games have begun . . .

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Winning, Simple

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• You're my life, Elle. When we have our children, they'll be included in that circle and I'm not a man to lose everything. I want you as safe as possible." "So you don't think three protection dogs, a room filled with weapons, a panic room and house that eats people isn't just a little overkill?

  Christine Feehan

  Dog, Children, Men

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• Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It was no panic terror - indeed he felt wonderfully at peace and happy - but it was an awe that smote and held him and, without seeing, he knew it could only mean that some august presence was very, very near.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Fall, Mean, August

  Kenneth Grahame (2012). “The Wind in the Willows: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.71, Penguin

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• These problems have been here so long that the only way I’ve been able to function at all is by learning to ignore them. Else I would be in a constant state of panic, unable to think or act constructively.

  Mark Bowden

  Thinking, Long, Would Be

  Mark Bowden (2011). “Worm: The First Digital World War”, p.186, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her sent panic shooting through her veins. She swung around. "Whoa. You okay?" Lucas lightened his clasp around her arm. Kylie caught her breath and stared up at the werewolf's blue eyes. "Yeah. You just...surprised me. You need to whistle when you come up on me.

  C.C. Hunter

  Memories, Rain, Moving

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• What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?

  Derek Landy

  Space, Three, Sanctuary

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.182, HarperCollins UK

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• The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Degrees, Life Is

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.324, Discovery House

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• ‎'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.

  Gerald Durrell

  Book, Needs, Ems

  Gerald Durrell, Lee Durrell (1996). “The best of Gerald Durrell”, Harpercollins

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• The finest people, as people go, cannot help but betray a fair portion of fear and insecurity, even full-blown panic.

  Thomas Ligotti

  People, Insecurity, Helping

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• Im's offspring stare at stars and make clocks that calculate useless happenings like the angle of a hawk's claws as it strikes its prey. They demonstrate their contraptions and everyone marvels. My children get drunk, confuse a herd of cows with an enemy regiment, and slaughter the lot, screaming like lunatics until the entire army panics.

  Ilona Andrews

  Stars, Children, Army

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• Just because I keep getting close and don't win these Majors, I must not panic.

  Lee Westwood

  Winning, Majors

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• Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

  Don Roff

  Procrastination, Efficiency, Procrastinating

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• Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Falling In Love, Knowing, People

  Sarah Addison Allen (2007). “Garden Spells”, p.177, Bantam

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• Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If you’re afraid, that’s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Don’t run; don’t panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.

  Barry Lyga

  Running, Stupid, Trying

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• All that means is that something devastating can happen to you today or to your family & all you can do is cry about it or panic or just be grief-stricken about it; but a year or two from now or maybe ten years from now, or maybe two months or two days, you might be able to see the humor in that problem.

  Robert Orben

  Grief, Mean, Years

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• As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen?

  Lukas Foss

  Pieces, Paper, Recipes

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• When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy.

  Greg Iles

  Differences, Life And Death, Risk

  Greg Iles (2011). “The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Only 8% of our worry will come to pass. 92% of our worry is wasted. DON'T PANIC

  Mark Gorman

  Worry

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• Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows.

  John Buchanan Robinson

  Running, Gold, Notes

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• Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.

  Uma Thurman

  Mom, Jobs, Motherhood

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• One of life's primal situations; the game of hide and seek. Oh, the delicious thrill of hiding while the others come looking for you, the delicious terror of being discovered, but what panic when, after a long search, the others abandon you! You mustn't hide too well. You mustn't be too good at the game. The player must never be bigger than the game itself.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Life, Player, Games

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