Fear Transmission Quotes

My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

But everybody is afraid of death; that too is contagious. Your parents are afraid of death, your neighbors are afraid of death. Small children start getting infected by this constant fear all around. Everybody is afraid of death. People don't even want to talk about death.

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

Pay attention to other people's nightmares because they might be contagious.

I think our children are afraid to die because we're afraid to die.

Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's totally okay with me if they die. They don't have to live for my sake.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Truth is, I have been scared of birds since I was a little girl. I think it's genetic because my mom shares this fear with me.

Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real. Mo was terrified, and now Nick was too.

I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust; they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.

Fear is contagious. You can catch it.