Terri Irwin Quotes

I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn't because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.

Hemingway has expressed with genius the terrors of the modern man at the danger of losing control of his world

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

It's terrifying. It's so scary, because you get used to being around the crew and being friendly with everyone and then suddenly, at a certain point, everything switches and you're the one standing behind the lights and nobody's going to help you. And that can be really difficult sometimes.

Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.

She knows there's more to life, and she's scared of ending up alone

And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness

I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.

Leave me in the night but please don't leave me in the dark

When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live, no license, no clothes. I was just a lost soul.

My father died when I was seven. I guess I am interested in fatherlessness as a metaphor for vulnerability and unprotectedness. Being on your own in the world in a way you're not quite ready for, ever.

Fear is a huge thing for older people.

The house seemed so empty without him. And I thought about the life we'd been building together for all that time. I realized I was on the brink of losing it all. It just scared me into reality.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.

I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.

If you are a card-carrying human being, chances are that you share the same fear as all other humans: the fear of losing love, respect and connection to others. And if you are human, in order to avoid or prevent the pain, trauma and perceived devastation of the loss, you will do anything to avoid your greatest fear from being visited on you.

Because I am basically so insecure and anxious and afraid, I never, ever in my life learned to reach out for help, ever.

I lost my parents. I was totally alone and I had to manage everything all alone. It did put me in depression.

I think a lot of people are worried about being alone. I completely understand that. I really do. Being alone is terrifying, especially when you've lost people.

Ultimately when I fell out with my parents, I hit rock bottom. I didn't care whether I lived or died to be honest with you.

I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be on tour and get really scared if my wife won't answer her phone within one minute. I'm sensitive.

How can I ask anyone to love me when all I do is beg to be left alone?

I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.

I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world.