It feels like the world is folding up around me, like origami paper, and I’m trapped inside of its breathless center.

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.

Lewis encourages his cancer-stricken and temporarily depressed wife that uncertainty rather than hopelessness is our cross.

When I don't have something to worry about, I worry. Nothing comes so naturally to a human being as anxiety and worry.

When things don’t add up, either you don’t have a calculator or you forgot to use commonsense by simply asking.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

I love him in ways that I can’t explain to other people. They don’t understand… it’s not their fault.

Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?

Although enlightened people know that an extreme phobia wasn't a form of madness, hey could not help but regard it as odd.

Their heartbeats fought each other, a mess of rhythm. Liesel tried to eat hers down. The taste of heart was not too cheerful.

Mix a little time with some space, and suddenly good things fall right into place. No worries, don't doubt it - just build!

We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.

I kept waiting for the part where I’d finally know who I was — some flashing, neon moment of relief, but it never came.

It's hard to imagine which is worse, living with fear, or living without it in a fantasyland were consequences don't exist.

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)