Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Violence is the instinctive response to fear.

Even if they don't know it, everyone has the instinct to survive.

Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight-or-flight thing.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover.

There is an innate fear that runs within Israeli society of all that we see and hear around us, and you know what? It's a natural reaction of human beings.

As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.

I don’t wanna die, man. They’re not playing. Have you seen how many of them are out there? One just took a shot at me, so unlike you morons, I’m hiding. Hiding is nice. (Vik)

What don't kill me... Had better start running!

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

Where there is fear there is aggression.

A living creature develops a destructive impulse when it wants to destroy a source of danger... The original motive is not pleasure in destruction... I destroy in a dangerous situation because I want to live and do not want to have any anxiety. In short, the impulse to destroy serves a primary biological will to live.

Survival feels like cowardice.

Fear narrows the little entrance of our heart. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

Fear, she's the mother of violence.

Fear is a vile thing, and is at the bottom of almost every wrong and hatred of the world.

Fear sometimes adds wings to the heels, and sometimes nails them to the ground, and fetters them from moving.

People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

I had really good hearing and when you're scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.

Religion is a byproduct of fear.

So you’ll just kill anyone who frightens you. Who could hurt you.” “Well…yes.

A child's instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child's hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.

The only thing that gets me high is the musky scent of my enemy's fear

I should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I can’t hold a gun. But I have a knife in my back pocket.