Afraid Quotes
5719 quotes by 3276 authors
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I tried to hold on to this compassion, sensing its preciousness, but even as I reached to grasp it, it dissipated into wisps. No revelation…
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Never be afraid of the moments--thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.
— Diana Gabaldon
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You're afraid of imagination and even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the resposibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep and dreams…
— Haruki Murakami
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Now get some clothes on before the women around here are driven into a frenzy." He gave me a mournful look. "I'm afraid that'll happen…
— Richelle Mead
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Don't be afraid, the darkness you're in is no greater than the darkness inside your own body, they are two darknesses separated by a skin,…
— Jose Saramago
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The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or…
— Sharon Salzberg
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If he smiled much more, the ends of his mouth might meet behind, and then I don't know what would happen to his head! I'm…
— Lewis Carroll
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I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you fear it or…
— Conan O'Brien
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I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned for me.
— Joyce Meyer
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I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy.…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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…always felt the pain of her friends so keenly that she could not speak easy, fluent words of comforting. Besides, she remembered how well-meant speeches…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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She was the only woman he was afraid he would beg for.
— Nora Roberts
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But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly.…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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She wasn't afraid of difficulties, what frightened her was having to choose one particular path. Choosing a path meant missing out on others. She had…
— Paulo Coelho
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I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and…
— Mary Oliver
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And yes, to answer you seriously, I am beginning to be... well, not bored, but tempted; afraid, but tempted. When you've been in pain for…
— Truman Capote
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He kissed me, so gently at first that I melted. I pressed close against him as the kiss deepened, curling my arms around his neck…
— L.A. Weatherly
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