Phyllis Bottome Quotes

Life is a very scary thing because it's unknown. Anything can happen anytime, and that is terrifying for all of us: to not to be in control.

What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.

Possibility is far more frightening than impossibility.

I think most people are afraid of what they don't know.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.

We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.

I'm scared of the unknown future.

I find looking forward scary because you might die.

At the heart of any terror is the fear of losing what we find meaningful.

The unknown is always frightening.

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.

I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough like the future to be pretty scary.

People are afraid of everything.

Sometimes I feel I'm living a meaningless life, and I get frightened.

The unknown is very scary.

Apprehensions are greater in proportion as things are unknown.

Greater is our terror of the unknown.

The unbearableness of the future is easier to face than that of the present if only because human foresight is much more destructive than anything that the future can bring about.

You can be afraid of a lot of things that you don't understand.

In my teens, I eyed my adulthood with trepidation, as if stalked by a stranger - one who would seize control as if by demonic possession and regard my fledgling incarnation with contempt.