“I believe fear of what we do not know may be the devil's best tool, meant to keep us back from those we long to approach.” 
― Vicki Grove

“I'm afraid to have a boyfriend. I don't know how to do that and not lose who I want to be. And I'm afraid of what it means to be close to a guy, a guy I might really like." There it was: the truth.” 
― Julia Karr

“We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.” 
― Jim Morrison

“I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as a plant and rose to animal,
I died as an animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?” 
― Jalaluddin Rumi

“That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?” 
― Kristin Cashore

“They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or another, political bias, religious prejudice, union pressure; there was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.” 
― Ray Bradbury

“[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.” 
― Max Brooks

“He cared less, so they cared more. He said it was beautiful. I knew he was broken.This was his game.” 
― Coco J. Ginger