“It seems to me that we can’t explain all the truly awful things in the world like war and murder and brain tumors, and we can’t fix these things, so we look at the frightening things that are closer to us and we magnify them until they burst open. Inside is something that we can manage, something that isn’t as awful as it had a first seemed. It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes kind.” 
― Sharon Creech

“He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women to understand them, and to that end they tell them all their secrets; and then, when they are properly understood, they hate their women for understanding them.” 
― Julian Barnes

“Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves...” 
― Cheryl Strayed

“Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it.” 
― Mark Lawrence

“There is no client as scary as an innocent man.” 
― Michael Connelly

“I have not always chosen the safest path. I've made my mistakes, plenty of them. I sometimes jump too soon and fail to appreciate the consequences. But I've learned something important along the way: I've learned to heed the call of my heart. I've learned that the safest path is not always the best path and I've learned that the voice of fear is not always to be trusted.” 
― Steve Goodier

“...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.” 
― David Archuleta

“Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be.” 
― Carlos Castaneda