Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real. Mo was terrified, and now Nick was too.
Neil Gaiman
Related Never fear what people will say... Never think you can't do it because it was never done before! You... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them... NEIL GAIMAN La prossima volta è il tuo turno con la sedia" disse Ottobre. "Lo so" mormorò Novembre. Era p... NEIL GAIMAN E c'era davvero qualcosa che si avvicinava dal vialetto, in direzione della casa. Lo vedevo dal bino... NEIL GAIMAN It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER Their greatest fear is you may step forward without fear. Because your courage may become cont... TOM ALTHOUSE His problem is that he doesn’t want anyone until he can have anyone he wants. CLIFFORD COHEN I always felt that if someone shot me, it would be great for the environmental movement, because the... DAVID SUZUKI It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equip... NEIL GAIMAN Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them ar... NEIL GAIMAN The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY Fear is contagious, and those who wish America to become a faith-based society are doing their best ... JUDY BLUME The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL It was to elicit fear. It was for someone to flex their muscles in a cowardly way. DEREK CLARK I was totally terrified and there was nothing I could do. It was my worst fear and it's so bizarre t... ELIZABETH DUNN Fear is real; but what's more real is that you can overcome it. MITTA XININDLU When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fea... M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN There was a real fear that it would be used for something else. CHARLES GREGORY ... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear i... BERNARD BECKETT 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON If anyone can overcome a fear for the ocean, you can, little lady. Courage is being scared to death ... COLLEEN HOUCK What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much. BILL OWENS I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified wh... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of bei... NATAN SHARANSKY Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much. BILL OWENS Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly. GINA GREENLEE Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death. FLOYD PATTERSON Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR When they built this building they were afraid to say that beauty is truth for fear that it wouldn't... DANIEL J. BOORSTIN Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the... MARTIN AMIS I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse,... JIMMY STEWART They prefer their meals alive and terrified, for fear is their favorite sauce. DONALD G. FIRESMITH One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wing... K.J. KILTON Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l... LAURE96 You see, the strangeness of my case is that now I no longer fear the invisible, I’m terrified by r... JEAN LORRAIN For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting ... NATALIE DORMER There is no such thing as fear until you allow it to enter your heart. If I told you what really hap... SUZY KASSEM It's painful and nerve-racking. It has changed the dynamic, and to say it hasn't is a lie. Before, i... JOSH HOLLOWAY The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is t... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you b... SHIRIN EBADI We’re all scared. Yes, all of us. I’m afraid every day. If I’m not afraid, I must n... RICHIE NORTON TAKE A STAND RIGHT NOW! BECAUSE tomorrow IS THE ONLY DAY OF THE WEEK THAT NEVER COMES!! PHILIP T. M. Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the fi... HARLAN COBEN I was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that's... KEVIN GATES I fear it is too choleric a meat.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to... MARILYN C. BARRICK Fear has always been a very important whistleblower. Our emotion and our history can provoke fear th... ERIK PEVERNAGIE I was terrified of vault, like literally I hated it. I had a fear of running as fast as I could at a... ALICIA SACRAMONE There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you l... MIKE TYSON It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It won’t hurt you. It will only help. If you l... MITCH ALBOM I was in New York City on 9/11. Grief remains from that awful day, but not only grief. There is fear... TEJU COLE When your looking for the love you thought you had for someone and it starts to become too difficult... JASHON P Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart. STEPHEN D'MELLO Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your hear ASHISH KUMAR Real Victory is always within reach, fear is what you need to overcome and when you overcome fear, y... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I hope I can bring the realization that everyone is controlled by fear. Whether it is imagined or ac... DEBBY SHOUN But I was naturally suspicious; it comes from working too closely with the police for too long. Cyni... LAURELL K. HAMILTON Fear isn't real, it's a collection of thoughts you creat...fear is what you make it WILL SMITH It is untrue that bravery can be measured by a lack of fear. It takes guts to tremble... ANDREA GIBSON You are going to have victims who are already scared as it is, who are not going to call the police ... ILIANA HOLGUIN Isn't that what we come into politics for? To say to people: 'You can do it, too - there is ... JOAN KIRNER A friend of mine, Neil Gaiman, had the film rights to his book 'Stardust' bought by producer... JANE GOLDMAN All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Hiding behind titles to create security is insecurity. RICHIE NORTON Fall and I'll catch you. And that was all I'd ever wanted- someone to catch me. JILLIAN LAUREN Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is c... HUNTER S. THOMPSON Just get it right, “it is not too late to dream”. You can do it now! This very moment, I mean ri... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS We are so trained in the thought system of fear and attack that we get to the point where natural th... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true... RONDA ROUSEY I watched the first people walk on the moon, and to me, it was just an obvious thing - I want to som... CHRIS HADFIELD Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man. WELLINGTON MARA The world is too fucking big. Sometimes, I can't even carry myself through all the love and fear. SHERMAN ALEXIE For those who challenge the great dangers fearlessly, let us remind this realistic probability: Fear... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN When I had just started 'Cheers,' my nerves were ajangle, to put it mildly. I was absolutely... WOODY HARRELSON I think a lot of people are really scared right now. Not every person makes good choices, and someti... EZEKIEL BOONE To love is to be afraid. You are frightened, deathly terrified, that something will happen to those ... MARIE LU Sometimes, all someone needs is for someone to believe in them. Be that person. Whether it is for yo... AKIROQ BROST Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part cowar... MARK TWAIN Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part cowar... LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA Never let your fear of the unknown and things being too difficult make your choices for you in life.... SHANNON L. ALDER Dont judge me, for i am too complex that you would assume insanity, but in reality i am all what you... AMIR RIVEROLL 'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originall... HENRY SELICK What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked. "You die, too. And you wait around... JOHN SCALZI It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT
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Outside, they're big and thoughtless and t... NEIL GAIMAN Books were safer than other people anyway. NEIL GAIMAN I don't think I'm mainstream. I think what I am is lots and lots of different cults. And whe... NEIL GAIMAN As an author, I've never forgotten how to daydream. NEIL GAIMAN Remember your name. Do not lose hope ---what you seek will be found. NEIL GAIMAN I felt like a Porsche that had learned it wasn't a bicycle anymore but was still taking part in bicy... NEIL GAIMAN I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, ... NEIL GAIMAN One of the dwarfs walked in front of Thor to get a better view of the prye, and Thor kicked him irri... NEIL GAIMAN The last dead leaves of fall crackled underfoot, winter-crisp. NEIL GAIMAN I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it ... NEIL GAIMAN You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplic... NEIL GAIMAN Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel. NEIL GAIMAN So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines a... NEIL GAIMAN When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge to laugh with you. ... NEIL GAIMAN Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me ... NEIL GAIMAN As I look back on all that's happened..growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me -- th... NEIL GAIMAN I miss you when something really good happens, because you are the one I want to share it with. I mi... NEIL GAIMAN Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the stronge... NEIL GAIMAN Yes I love him. I love him more than anything else in this world and there is nothing that I would l... NEIL GAIMAN To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, bu... NEIL GAIMAN Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe... NEIL GAIMAN I've noticed that being with you, I smile more often, I anger a little less quickly, the sun shines ... NEIL GAIMAN What power would Hell have if those imprisoned there were not able to dream of Heaven? NEIL GAIMAN Anyway: I'm not blessed or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do and I do it. Listen: even as ... NEIL GAIMAN The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has ge... NEIL GAIMAN Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand, he could move the w... NEIL GAIMAN