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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Hide in the mirror. No one will look for you there.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“For change to occur in us, we must be willing to enter the wilderness of the unknown and to wander in unfamiliar territory, directionless and often in the darkness....We do not need to keep every little thing under control. In fact, we find ourselves only by allowing some falling apart to happen.”
― Maureen Brady, Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse

“At watershed moments of upheaval and transformation, we anticipate with terror the absence of the familiar parts of life and of ourselves that are being washed away by the current of change. But we fail to envision the unfamiliar gladness and gratifications the new tide would bring, the unfathomed presences, for our imaginations are bounded by our experience. The unknown awakens in us a reptilian dread that plays out with the same ferocity on scales personal, societal, and civilizational, whether triggered by a new life-chapter or a new political regime or a new world order.”
― Maria Popova, Figuring

“Hm...yes, all is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most...But I am talking too much.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“I know what you are thinking. You can’t now fathom ever forgetting to think about me. You’re afraid that if you move forward, it will take you further away from me. This is a common misconception shared by many people and it delays their healing... It keeps you stuck in you grief and it’s only because you are still clinging to me. You think if you stop grieving that you will lose me. Maybe you even feel if you let go of me that you are abandoning me; maybe you feel that you will hurt my feelings because if it were the other way around you would not ever want me to forget about you. You are afraid that if you love again that you will grow away from me.
I am Here! I am here, waiting to run to you when the time comes. It’s unconditional. It’s forever.”
― Kate McGahan, Only Gone From Your Sight: Jack McAfghan's Little Therapy Guide to Pet Loss and Grief

“Stress is nothing but the fear of change.”
― Debasish Mridha

“fear of change
is like standing under a hot shower
and knowing the moment you'll turn it off
you'll be freezing cold”
― Erik Tanghe

“. . . for it was a new thing to see Meg blushing and talking about admiration, lovers, and things of that sort, and Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow.”
― Lousia May Alcott, Little Woman

“There is no life without change. The real tragedy is that we are always fearful of change and resist it vehemently.”
― Debasish Mridha

“In moments of great change we suffer, somehow hoping deep down that our emotions and our dramas can change the future or prevent it from happening. Future happens regardless.”
― Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D.

“It is fear that reinforces the walls we build, people are afraid to be swayed from their convictions, afraid to question their moral instincts and expose themselves to ideas that may challenge the fabric of their entire existence, but what are we if we are not seeking to better ourselves?”
― Aysha Taryam

“I thought you'd be pleased.'
'At the idea of anybody coming to take Meg away? No, thank you.'
'You'll feel better about it when somebody comes to take you away.'
'I'd like to see any one try it,' cried Jo, fiercely.
'So should I!' and Laurie chuckled at the idea.”
― Lousia May Alcott, Little Women

“Progress isn’t always good. There’s a reason why ‘breakneck speed�� is described as such.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

“You don't really love me, or you never would have treated me like you did. You were just afraid of letting me go. There’s a difference, and no one knows that better than I do. We were both afraid of moving on, me of what I really wanted. It brought us together, it bound us, but no longer. I am done with making decisions based on fear. [Nicholas to Grace]”
― Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

“The air was icy, Mari came back in, grabbed a coat and went out again. Outside, far from the eyes of everyone, she lit a cigarette. She smoked slowly and guiltlessly, thinking about the young woman, the piano music she could hear and life outside the walls of Villete which was becoming unbearably difficult for everyone.
In Mari's view this difficulty was due not to chaos or disorganization or anarchy but to an excess of order. Society had more and more rules and laws that contradicted the rules and new rules that contradicted the laws. People felt too frightened to take a step outside the invisible regulations that guided everyone's lives.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

“Comfort and the fear of change are the greatest enemies of success.”
― Jeanette Coron

“Sometimes we find we love things we never thought we wanted. And then we regret that we never wanted them at all. It's the fear of change, I think, and dread of the unknown.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Spellkeeper

“Your growth is only intimidating to those who don't want to grow.”
― Jeanette Coron

“The air was icy, Mari came back in, grabbed a coat and went out again. Outside, far from the eyes of everyone, she lit a cigarrete. She smoked slowly and guiltlessly, thinking about the young woman, the piano music she could hear and life outside the walls of Villete which was becoming unbearably difficult for everyone.
In Mari's view this difficulty was due not to chaos or disorganization or anarchy but to an excess of order. Society had more and more rules and laws that contradicted the rules and new rules that contradicted the laws. People felt too frightened to take a step outside the invisible regulations that guided everyone's lives.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

“Meaningful, lasting change only happens when the pain of the status quo finally outstrips the fear or the anticipated pain of the change we seek.”
― David Taylor-Klaus

“Claire continued. "There's a complexity of... looking forward to something. Being scared it doesn’t live up to your hope... like second dates... or returning to Cancun... or being in love with a stranger, hoping they never love you. It’s not that you prefer the concept or the excitement of the beginning. It’s the fear that a future with someone won’t be as nice as you hoped it would be. I would hate that, Brit. It'd crush me. It's like when you tell a person you like them—it always dips. It gets awkward. The expectation of it. I feel some things are best left at 'Hello.' Like, I write about living in a forest away from everyone, but I can’t tell if that’s the future I want or only enjoy writing about.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, The Goodbye Song

“Of course there is always resistance, always a drag on movement toward better things. The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future

“Will my little cat starve in Paris?' he asked.
'I don't know,' said Père. 'I don't know who will take us in or where we shall go. Cats are never happy in strange places. You ought to have left her behind. She would have fed herself. Someone would take care of her.'
'No,' whispered Julius, 'no - never, never anyone but me. What is mine cannot belong to another person. Père, do you understand? Tell me you understand.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Julius

“Change bothers me. I don’t cope too well with fashions, fads and urban traffic lights.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

“Modesty is fear.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Okrem toho: poznám veľmi dobrý liek proti strachu z neurčitých udalostí a z budúcnosti. Je trocha príkry, ale stopercentný: kto sa bojí budúcnosti, nech sa stane zlodejom, vrahom, prostitútkou, skrátka kriminálnikom. Taký človek nikdy nemá strach, ako bude zajtra �� ak už je teda v base �� vie, že zajtre bude iba bližšie k slobode. A toto je súčasne príklad aj pre čistých, čo stále vidia len čerta na stene. Trocha zhrešte, a nebudete sa hnevať na štát. Čistota totiž �� a myslím ozajstnú a úprimnú �� má jeden háčik: človek očakáva za ňu odmenu. Ak ste pričistí, začnete mať strach, aby ten špinavší nevzal vašu odmenu. To je strach z budúcnosti.”
― Rudolf Sloboda, ��á���첹

“Rich Roll said you have to be more afraid of your current situation than you are afraid of change. I am sure we all can relate to events that crept up on us and forced us to make changes. The good news is that you don't have to wait until things creep up on you. You don't have to wait until the negative 1% adds up over time. You can change your state now.”
― Dexter A. Daniels, Consistent, Not Different: Why We Stray from the Path and Reasons to Return

“Getting older isn't something to be frowned upon nor ashamed of. It's part of our evolution.”
― Torron-Lee Dewar