Ruby Bridges Quotes

A nightmare is two bassists on stage.

I very often have night terrors. Just think of the worst possible situation, and it's a regular thing for me. I've died in my sleep twenty-three different ways.

There is an excitement about having nightmares.

I've had sleep paralysis.

My adult life is filled with the things horror movies are made of.

But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.

I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but a faint echo of their suffering as I run. My blood is black on the snow, and the edges of the world are silvered with moonlight. I run into the darkness, and he is waiting. I dream in black and white, and I dream of him. I dream of Caleb, who does not exist, and I am afraid.

Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says. “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down. “It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.

I need to sleep, but fear to dream.

Dreams surround our desires with ugliness and dread.

No one ever really gets used to nightmares.

I just can't wake from these scary dreams.

I'm suddenly finding it hard to know the difference between nightmares and consciousness.

What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.

I shudder at the image they would piece together.

Honest to God, all my life I have had such a fear of spiders. In fact, I use to have a reoccurring dream about one. Very clearly, it was black with a red head. It would sit up in the corner of the bedroom and when it started getting closer, I would wake up in a panic.

Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.

The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a nightmare.

I've had a quite a few nightmares about being chased by walkers.

There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?

I have a lot of nightmares.

Everything scares me. I'm very easily frightened. But the thing that scares me most is zombies. I really, really don't like zombies.

What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can't get rid of the guy. He never goes away.

In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger.

I suddenly felt the plane go down. I thought we were going to die. I was really scared. I was sitting with my head in my hands.