Scared Quotes - Page 39

• Archie became absolutely still, afraid that the rapid beating of his heart might betray his sudden knowledge, the proof of what he'd always suspected, not only of Brother Leon but most grownups, most adults: they were vulnerable, running scared, open to invasion.

  Robert Cormier

  Running, Brother, Heart

  Robert Cormier (2013). “The Chocolate War”, p.22, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again, and would go to his grave without them.

  Markus Zusak

  Book, Kissing, Lips

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.303, RH Childrens Books

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• Dear White Fella When I am born I’m black When I grow up I’m black When I am sick I’m black When I go out ina sun I’m black When I git cold I’m black When I git scared I’m black And when I die I’m still black. But you white fella When you’re born you’re pink When you grow up you’re white When you git sick you’re green When you go out ina sun you go red When you git cold you go blue When you git scared you’re yellow And when you die you’re grey And you got the cheek to call me coloured?

  Steven Pinker

  Growing Up, Yellow, White

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• We'll tell our secrets to the dark"-Adam "Okay"-Mia "So let's hear another of your irrational fears"-Adam "I'm scared of losing you"-Mia "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen"-Adam "It still scares me"- Mia

  Gayle Forman

  Dark, Secret, Scare

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• I’d never seen a man cry before, only on TV. I’d never even seen Dad close to crying. Those tears looked so odd on you. It was like the strength of you just seemed to sap away. The surprise of it stopped me from being so scared.

  Lucy Christopher

  Dad, Men, Tears

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm not scared, if that's what you're wondering. The moment of death is full of sound and warmth and light shooting away, arcing up and up and up, and if singing were a feeling it would be this, this light, this lifting, like laughing... The rest you have to find out for yourself.

  Lauren Oliver

  Light, Laughing, Feelings

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• You got a death wish, Truant?' Which was the thing that scared me. 'Cause maybe I did.

  Mark Z. Danielewski

  Wish, Causes, Death Wish

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• And, selfish and scared, I wonder how much more he has to give.

  Neil Gaiman

  Selfish, Giving, Wonder

  Neil Gaiman (2008). “M Is for Magic”, HarperCollins

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• maybe she'd been scared of being paralyzed by fear again.

  John Green

  Paralyzed

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

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• So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action.

  John Green

  Action, Impulsive, Perpetual

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

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• When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours.

  Ilona Andrews

  Running, Powerful, Cities

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• No one's ever dared come out and say it before, but there's not a man among us that doesn't think it, that doesn't feel just as you do about her and the whole business - feel it somewhere down deep in his scared little soul.

  Ken Kesey

  Men, Thinking, Feels Just

  Ken Kesey (2016). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”, p.32, Hamilton Books

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• I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Stupid, Silly, Woods

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.101, Macmillan

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• And he left. I watched him walk out – he didn’t say good-bye, he didn’t even look back. It scared me, how easy it was for him to do that.

  Sara Zarr

  Bye, Looks, Easy

  Sara Zarr (2008). “Sweethearts”, p.67, Hachette UK

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• I had imagined a kind, ugly, intuitive man looking up and say, 'Ah!' in an encouraging way, as if he could see something I couldn't, and then I would find words to tell him how I was so scared, as if I were being stuffed farther and farther into a black, airless sack with no way out.

  Sylvia Plath

  Men, Black, Ugly

  Sylvia Plath (2008). “The Bell Jar”, p.96, Faber & Faber

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• Mrs. O' Leary is my pet. I couldn't let you stick a sword in her rump, now, could I? That might've scared her.

  Rick Riordan

  Pet, Might, Sticks

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• Joley likes to be scared, and she can't watch them alone." "I don't know how you can make that sound perfectly logical.

  Christine Feehan

  Sound, Watches, Likes

  Christine Feehan (2012). “Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters Series: Five Novels and a Novella”, p.1262, Penguin

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• Scared?" Malfoy muttered, so that Lockhart couldn't hear him. "You wish." said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.

  J. K. Rowling

  Wish, Mouths, Draco Malfoy

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• I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Ideas, Cows, Poor

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “Anne of the Island”, p.96, Youcanprint

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• Real computers scared me; if you can find Them, then They can find you.

  Jennifer Egan

  Real, Computer, Ifs

  Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.73, Anchor

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• Many are whispering that Voldemort must be behind it. However, that is the point: They whisper. They daren’t confide in each other, not knowing whom to trust; they are scared to speak out, in case their suspicions are true and their families are targeted. Yes, Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion: Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.

  J. K. Rowling

  Clever, Knowing, Speaks Out

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• The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.

  Louis-Ferdinand Celine

  Genius, Being Scared

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• So let's hear another one of your irrational fears. Mia grasped me by the arms and pulled herself in to my chest, like she was burrowing her body into mine. "I'm scared of losing you," she said in the faintest of voices." I pushed her away so I could see her face and kissed the top of her forehead. "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen.

  Gayle Forman

  Voice, Mia, Irrational Fear

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.87, Penguin

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• Vishous: "...we both would slaughter anything that so much as startled you." Jane: "I'm scared of mice and spiders. But you don't need to use that gun on your hip to blow a hole in a wall if I ran into one, okay? Havaheart traps and rolled newspapers work just as well. Plus, you don't need a Sheetrock patch and plaster job afterward. I'm just saying.

  J.R. Ward

  Jobs, Wall, Blow

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• Many friends have expressed concern that a religious fanatic will try to kill me when I go to Africa. After all, I’ll be speaking out against a crime many fundamentalists consider a holy practice. I’m sure my work will be dangerous, and I admit to being scared…. But my faith tells me to be strong, that God led me down this path for a reason. He has work for me to do. This is my mission. And I believe that long before the day I was born, God chose the day I will die, so I can’t change that. In the meantime, I might as well take a chance, because that’s what I’ve done all my life.

  Waris Dirie

  Religious, Strong, Believe

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