Terrifying Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old terrifying quotes, terrifying sayings, and terrifying proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time. Susan Cheever
Fully to surrender to love can be terrifying. But it is the price life asks in exchange for the possibility of ecstasy. Nathaniel Branden
The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying. Domhnall Gleeson
Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it. Isabel Allende
It's terrifying to think you can remember things you shouldn't possibly be able to. It's like that childhood fear of having your soul slip from your body in your sleep. The darkness, those black sheets of glass sliding over you, upping the pressure, pushing you through the time and space and story. Tim Winton
The most terrifying fact about the universe not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent. Stanley Kubrick
If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt. Robyn Davidson
Change is terrifying for people who feel immune to it by virtue of status, divine appointment, or imagined irreplaceability. Mimi Kennedy
Soft things are terrifying. They're the real signals of death. Images of strength can never be that terrifying. It's the images of weakness that are a real apocalypse. Jenny Hval
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Carl Jung
There is nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right. Libba Bray
It is terrifying to think of what a commodity art has become. Audrey Flack