#fright

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. ↗

That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. ↗

— Thomas Howard

#earnestness #enough #forever #fright #hence

The unknown is always frightening. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#frightening #unknown

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#crutch #desirable #divested #frightening #more

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while. ↗

— Candice Bergen

#ascribe #entitlement #frightening #gives #importance

Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#because #deep #deep down #divorced #down

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough. ↗

— M. C. Escher

#enough #frightening #i #use

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#frightening #only #people #silence #who

The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#frighten #management #memory #small #small children

I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening. ↗