“Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.” 
― Donald Miller

“The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
'Turn on the dark,
I'm afraid of the light.” 
― Shel Silverstein

“You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” 
― Michelle Obama

“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.” 
― Michel de Montaigne

“and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive” 
― Audre Lorde

“How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves and the people we love. Yet we walk around, talk to people, eat and drink. We manage to function. The feelings are deep and real. Shouldn't they paralyze us? How is it we can survive them, at least for a little while? We drive a car, we teach a class. How is it no one sees how deeply afraid we were, last night, this morning? Is it something we all hide from each other, by mutual consent? Or do we share the same secret without knowing it? Wear the same disguise?” 
― Don DeLillo

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” 
― Bram Stoker

“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.” 
― Jiddu Krishnamurti