Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes

Don't let your fear paralyze you. Prepare yourself not only technically, but also emotionally.

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it.

You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission.

If we have plain old ordinary fear then we are within reach of a solution. Fear has been with humankind for millennia and we do know what to do about it-pray about it, talk about it, feel the fear, and do it anyway. Artistic fear, on the other hand, sounds somehow nastier and more virulent, like it just might not yield to ordinary solutions-and yet it does, the moment we become humble enough to try ordinary solutions.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

And we've read scary books and watched scary movies and TV shows together. He's met monsters, ghouls, and demons on the page and on the screen. There's nothing like watching Anaconda with your best friend or lying in bed next to your mother reading Roald Dahl, because that way you get to explore dark stuff safely. You get to laugh with it, to step out on the vampire's dance floor and take him for a spin, and then step back into your life. When you make friends with fear, it can't rule you.

If you don't like the situation, if you are afraid and can't deal with it, nothing wrong with your legs, get out of there.

I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is that I have been trying to prepare myself to train my body for real fear when it comes. But I am not prepared.

No fear... we are never sure of anything... fear never prevents [bad things] from happening.

Fear will always knock on your door. Just don't invite it in for dinner. And for heaven's sake, don't offer it a bed for the night.

Fear is an interesting energy that we all have to face. Some people step up and aren't afraid but still come up short. And some would rather cop out: "My shoulder hurts" or "I didn't give it my all." They can sleep at night.

Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway.

Fear doesn't go away. The battle must be fought anew every day.

We're as good at talking ourselves out of fear as into it, aren't we? Maybe better.

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear.

Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.

Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.

Nobody is born without fear. We are all born into this world screaming and crying, a bloody mess. We're afraid of failing. What differentiates people is that some of them tend to deal more with fearful situations and understand that it's hurting them in life. That by becoming fearful they're maiming themselves and they learn to move past these fears.

There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained.

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.

If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.