The Consequences of Fear Quotes

“I believe it’s called ‘irrational reasoning.’ It’s what happens to people when they’re scared”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Never let fears get in the way of happiness, because fear can lead to such irrational reasoning, and we can make dreadful mistakes, saying things we can’t take back.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“And as she grieved, she realized that she had never trusted the world to keep herself or those she loved safe. From the moment of her mother’s death, she had known that terror could be around the next corner at any moment. Had there ever been a time when she felt the clutch of fear in her gut loosen its grip, so that she could have faith in the future?”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Hatred, revenge—they’re just as bad as trying to protect yourself from more hurt—they can make you brittle inside. And if you’re brittle, you break. One way or another, you break.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Fear was the scariest of emotions and it nestled there, growing ever stronger and sprouting shoots, a seed in the fertile soil of doubt.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Fear, she thought, had a viscous quality to it, to the extent that you could even feel it in your feet as you were running to the shelter; a burden slowing you down, despite the fact that you were moving as fast as your legs could carry you.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“With love? Did those words have meaning for Mark Scott? Or was it just a line that people used—and perhaps even more so when it felt as if affection had begun to evaporate?”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“know that expression—only a man could cause a woman to look like that”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“over several weeks, so during that”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Fear had to be handled with care, managed so it became a tool, not a weight.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“It’s funny how things work out, isn’t it? I mean, it’s like dominoes—you touch one and then the others start to go, and sometimes they fall in the right direction and one person knows another and it all opens up like a flower.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“And fear is really the most omnipresent of emotions, isn’t it? Fear and panic can be crippling for all concerned.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Children should always be believed until proven otherwise.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear

“Everything. But in a time of war “everything” seemed to take on a different hue, and keeping loved ones safe meant sacrifices had to be made. Men and women had died making that sacrifice in the hope that their children might live in a free world.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear