Quotes by Fear My knees could have been stirred with a spoon. Margaret Halsey spoonskneesfear We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent, and intimate hours. Marcel Proust learningessencefear Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. Marcus Tullius Cicero teachingfearteacher Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Marcus Aurelius philosophicalfearphilosophy It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. Margaret Mead fogpunishmentfear Fear has its use but cowardice has none. Mahatma Gandhi cowardfearinspirational Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared. Marcus Tullius Cicero philosophicalhatefear He who fears not, is to be feared. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington fear-notfear I suddenly remember something I've been told about fear. That amid a hail of machine gun fire you notice the existence of your skin. Marguerite Duras gunfirefear Fear has a smell, as love does. Margaret Atwood smellfeardoe The fact is that blank pages inspire me with terror. What will I put on them? Will it be good enough? Will I have to throw it out? Margaret Atwood pagesfearinspire There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain. The painless ones go around putting their hands on hot stoves, freezing their feet to the point of gangrene, scalding the lining of their throats with boiling coffee, because there is no warning anguish. Evolution does not favour them. So too perhaps with the fearless women, because there aren't very many of them around. ... Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment. Margaret Atwood paincoffeefear Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable. Margaret Atwood invisibilitygirlfear I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. Maria Monk strikesmomentsfear How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties? Maria Edgeworth depressinghopefear As you know, I don't believe in fear, just an invention by men so they get all the money and good jobs. Marian Keyes fearjobsbelieve I think what you can’t see is always what you should be frightened of. Marianne Wiggins shouldfearthinking I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over. Margaret Atwood fearnightlying We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. Marianne Williamson confidencefearchildren The prey of fear, he, always curtailed, extinguished, thwarted by the dusk, work partly done, says to the alternating blaze, "Again the sun! anew each day; and new and new and new, that comes into and steadies my soul." Marianne Moore donesoulfear«7475767778798081828384»
