David Sedaris Quotes

There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.

Staring down the barrel of a gun is the scariest thing you could ever experience. It's not funny. It's not for the movies.

Anytime you're in fear for your life, it's intense.

I was woundering what he would say, what word could sum me up right then, when i saw the lights come across his face, blaringly yellow, and suddenly he was brighter, and brighter, and i asked him what was happening, what was wrong. I remember only that light, so strong it spilled across my shoulders, and lit up his face, and how scared he looked as something big and loud hit my door, sending glass shattering across me, little sparks catching the light like diamonds, as they fell, with me, into the dark.

The fear of death in the one place was not as strong as another kind of fear, the fear of a world gone crazy, a place where anything could happen, where nothing could be trusted, where nothing was certain. A terrible place.

The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

Who's next?

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.

I felt like a hunted animal, followed constantly, waiting to be killed.

There's so much to be afraid of.

The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

Horror can be contained within a book, given form and meaning. But in life, horror has no more form than it does meaning. Horror just is.

I actually had an experience where I thought somebody was breaking into my house. That's got to be the most terrified I've ever been in my life. I don't know if that's saying much. The fear, especially as a female in a house by yourself, was horrible.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

The horror of it is, every goddamn thing you look at seems pretty scary to me.

Dad never demonstrated any fear, although my sisters and I lived in terror he’d be killed by an assassin.

Terror is the order of the day.

When I close my eyes, I still see things no one should ever experience: a bright red light, the black cloud soon after, people running in every direction trying desperately to escape - I remember it all.

Once you know how completely and suddenly the earth can open up at your feet and the worst can happen, it also, paradoxically, leaves you more afraid of everything else.

I know the feeling of confusion and betrayal. I know the feeling of fearing for my life.

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)

Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself.