Sonequa Martin-Green Quotes

I'm not someone who feels settled.

No one likes uncertainty.

I think you realise how terrifying and scary the world is when you're bringing kids into it.

It's very scary to allow the world to see you.

With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability - the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

I know that when I talk to my parents and my friends, there's a strong feeling of the world out of control and damaged.

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.

I don't know that I've ever been completely comfortable with anything.

The way to feel safe is never to feel secure.

I grew up in constant fear of eviction.

When I was 11, I was terrified about the world.

When I first walked into Uber, it was very difficult because people were unsure about what was going to happen - there was a real sense of powerlessness.

There were times I'd be nervous walking home from elementary school, thinking, 'If that red tag from the power company saying our lights are turned off is on the door handle, I don't know what I'll do.'

There's so much uncertainty within certain players and the organization.

I never think I'm safe. I always live in fear I will lose.

I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.

I’m afraid to close my eyes, I’m afraid to open them

Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time.

I actually didn't enjoy being a child particularly at all even though I had nice parents in a comfortable place to live. Just because I was too confused in generating too many answers for myself that just scared me more.

It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.