--- title: "1 Heart Afraid Quotes By R.K. Ryals" description: "1 Heart Afraid quotes by R.K. Ryals. Plus more from R.K. Ryals and more Heart Afraid sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/r-k-ryals-25903_breaking-my-heart_it-was-time-for-me-to-spread-my-broken-w_2185740.jpg" --- > [“It was time for me to spread my broken wings, to let in the fear and the possibility of heartache. My heart knew what it meant to be broken. It wasn’t breaking my heart I was afraid of. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/it-was-time-for-me-to-spread-my-broken-wings-to-let-in-the-fear-and/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/r-k-ryals-25903_breaking-my-heart_it-was-time-for-me-to-spread-my-broken-w_2185740.jpg) ## More by R.K. Ryals > [“There's only so much I can do aside from locking him in his room or super gluing a condom to his penis”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/there-s-only-so-much-i-can-do-aside-from-locking-him-in-his-room-or/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“I wasn't just tied to the beast, we were somehow part of the same person. The freakishly opposite sides of the same f\*ing coin."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/i-wasn-t-just-tied-to-the-beast-we-were-somehow-part-of-the-same/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Hope is our way of capturing the world. Our way of holding onto every day to get to the next. I am hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/hope-is-our-way-of-capturing-the-world-our-way-of-holding-onto-every/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“I look down at Emma, at the back of her neck, at the way she reaches up to rub bloody tears from her cheeks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/i-look-down-at-emma-at-the-back-of-her-neck-at-the-way-she-reaches-up/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Pain doesn’t go away, but it does a lot to change you. My”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/pain-doesn-t-go-away-but-it-does-a-lot-to-change-you-my/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Love isn’t about happy endings where knowing every day from here on out will be full of sunshine and rainbows. Love is about obstacles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/love-isn-t-about-happy-endings-where-knowing-every-day-from-here-on/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“I look into the eyes of the world, and what do I see? I see the eyes of the world looking back at me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/i-look-into-the-eyes-of-the-world-and-what-do-i-see-i-see-the-eyes-of/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Tell me,” I whispered, “if you were in love would you want it to be perfect love? Would you want it to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/tell-me-i-whispered-if-you-were-in-love-would-you-want-it-to-be/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“I stared at the night's first stars, as if their twilight-dimmed glow would reveal something to me, give me answers to the universe I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/i-stared-at-the-night-s-first-stars-as-if-their-twilight-dimmed-glow/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Life isn't about getting what we want. It's about turning the crappy cards we're dealt into a winning hand,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/life-isn-t-about-getting-what-we-want-it-s-about-turning-the-crappy/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“There’s nothing wrong with emotional scars. Sometimes those are deeper than physical ones.” I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-emotional-scars-sometimes-those-are-deeper/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Bravery is being afraid of something and facing it anyway.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/bravery-is-being-afraid-of-something-and-facing-it-anyway/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Sometimes it takes stepping away from everything to see the things that are wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/sometimes-it-takes-stepping-away-from-everything-to-see-the-things/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“It was time for me to spread my broken wings, to let in the fear and the possibility of heartache. My heart knew what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/it-was-time-for-me-to-spread-my-broken-wings-to-let-in-the-fear-and/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) > [“Sometimes we lose our way and just need someone to help us find our way back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-ryals/sometimes-we-lose-our-way-and-just-need-someone-to-help-us-find-our/) [R.K. Ryals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-ryals/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart-afraid/r-k-ryals/#itemlist", "name": "1 Heart Afraid Quotes By R.K. 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