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• Come on,"he said, gesturing toward the exit. "let's take a walk." "Where?" "It doesn't matter. We just need you calmed down or you'll be in no shape to fight." "Yeah? Are you afraid of my possibly insane dark side coming out?" "No, I'm afraid of your normal Rose Hathaway side coming out, the one that isn't afraid to jump in without thinking when she believes something is right." I gave him a dry look. "Is there are a difference?" "Yes. The second one scares me.

  Richelle Mead

  Believe, Fighting, Dark

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.205, Penguin

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• Because being so dependent on people scares me.

  Melina Marchetta

  People, Dependent

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• Don't fret, Grannie. We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her

  Jeaniene Frost

  Devil, Retreat

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• I'm not scared anymore, I just ... I don't know. I think it's because I saw someone else, someone behind your face, like you'd taken off a mask. It was still you, but it wasn't. And I don't think that person is going to hurt me, or Marci, or anybody else, but ... I guess the thing is that I don't know anything about that person. At all. And that's what scares me more than anything - that there could be two people, so different, and one of them so secret.

  Dan Wells

  Hurt, Taken, Thinking

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• For a time I would feel I belonged still to a world of straightforward facts; but the feeling would not last long. Something would turn up to scare it away.

  Joseph Conrad

  Long, Feelings, World

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness”, p.29, eKitap Projesi

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• Well, for one, you have to remember not to scream. Once you have their attention, whispering is much more effective. Screaming ghosts scare people, you know

  Gabrielle Zevin

  People, Attention, Whispering

  Gabrielle Zevin (2016). “Elsewhere”, p.152, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• When you stand out there," John continues in a hoarse voice, "keep your chin up, all right? Don't let them get to you." "I won't." "Make them work for it. Punch someone if you have to." John gives me a sad, crooked smile. "You're a scary kid. So scare them. Okay? All the way until the end." For the first time in a long time, I feel like a little brother. I have to swallow hard to keep my eyes dry. "Okay," I whisper.

  Marie Lu

  Brother, Kids, Eye

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• There is a passion in you that scares me.

  Kenneth Oppel

  Passion

  Kenneth Oppel (2011). “This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein”, p.154, Simon and Schuster

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• It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.

  Katherine Paterson

  Smarter

  Katherine Paterson (1995). “Bridge to Terabithia”, Hippo Bks

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• Its's just that... this is the realest thing I've had in a long time and it scares me a bit.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Long, Long Time, Bits

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• Master, I'm afraid. I am, truly. This place scares me. At home, I know who I am, what to do. I'm the Warden's daughter, I know where I stand. But this is a dangerous place, full of pitfalls. All my life, I've known it was waiting for me, but now I'm not sure I can face it. They'll want to absorb me, make me one of them, and I won't change. I won't! I want to stay me." Jared sighed and she saw his dark gaze was fixed on the veiled window. "Claudia, you're the bravest person I know. And no one will change you. You will rule here, though it won't be easy.

  Catherine Fisher

  Daughter, Home, Dark

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• When I was young, some women told me they loved me for my long eyelashes. I accepted. Later it was for my wit. Then for my power and money. Then for my talent. Then for my mind-deep. OK, I can handle all of it. The only woman who scares me is the one who loves me for myself alone. I have plans for her. I have poisons and daggers and dark graves in caves to hide her head. She can't be allowed to live. Especially if she's sexually faithful and never lies and always puts me ahead of everything and everyone.

  Mario Puzo

  Lying, Dark, Eyelashes

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• I don’t want to scare the guests with a big old guard dog,” Tara protested. “Safety is far more important than worrying about what anyone else thinks,” Sawyer told her. “You’re right, of course.” Tara looked at her sisters. “We’ll think about both an alarm and a dog.” “We can borrow Izzy from Jax,” Maddie said. “Sure,” Tara said. “And she can lick the next bad guy to death.

  Jill Shalvis

  Dog, Thinking, Safety

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• A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before.

  Mark Twain

  Faith, Confidence, Religious

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• Take the job or the project that scares you a little. It's the one with the most to teach you.

  Anne Sweeney

  Leadership, Jobs, Littles

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• The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow) working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of all be consolidated into one.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Night, Government, Crow

  Letter to Charles Hammond, August 18, 1821.

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• Weeds don't need planting in well-drained soil; they don't ask for fertilizer or bits of rag to scare away the birds. They come without invitation; and they don't take the hint when you want them to go. Weeds are nobody's guests: More like squatters.

  Norman Nicholson

  Weed, Bird, Rags

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• As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing global warming when human experience, geologic data and history, and current cooling can argue otherwise. 'Consensus,' as many have said, merely represents the absence of definitive science. You know as well as I, the 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making.

  Harrison Schmitt

  Ties, Government, Data

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• It scares me how hard it is to remember life before you. I can't even make the comparisons anymore, because my memories of that time have all the depth of a photograph. It seems foolish to play games of better and worse. It's simply a matter of is and is no longer.

  David Levithan

  Memories, Games, Play

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• Do one thing everyday that scares you... Taking risks takes practice.

  John Shumate

  Monday, Morning, Practice

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• If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?

  Immanuel Kant

  Philosophical, Hands, Matter

  Immanuel Kant (2005). “Notes and Fragments”, p.207, Cambridge University Press

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• Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It'll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called "perfection," which will open the doors to the most important relationships you'll ever be a part of.

  Daniel Pearce

  Letting Go, Fake People, Real

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• I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts in your mind. Why is it that people think it's so evil ? What is it about it that scares people so deeply, even the guy that invented it, what is it ? Because they're afraid that there's more to reality than they have confronted. That there are doors that they're afraid to go in, and they don't want us to go in there either, because if we go in we might learn something that they don't know. And that makes us a little out of their control.

  Ken Kesey

  Believe, Reality, Thinking

  BBC documentary "The Beyond Within: The Rise and Fall of LSD", 1987.

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• I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.

  Colin Powell

  Peace, War, Historical

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• I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn't a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Elephants, Feet

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