Afraid Quotes
5719 Afraid quotes by 3276 unique authors
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The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that her shoes did…
— Milan Kundera
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This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to…
— Pope John Paul II
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I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world. They're just sitting there. I can hit them with a two by four.
— Thom Yorke
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She goes where she pleases. She appears unhoped for, uncalled for. She moves through doors and walls and windows. Her thoughts move through minds. She…
— Rachel Klein
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She would always feel this wild girl was the truest of any of the people she had already been: adored daughter, bourgeois priss, rebel, runaway,…
— Lauren Groff
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Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that our definition of happiness has gotten very…
— Julian Gough
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I prefer sinners and madmen, who can learn, who can change, who can teach-or people like myself, if I may say so, who are not…
— James A. Baldwin
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The Garden En robe de parade. - Samain Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall She walks by the railing of a…
— Ezra Pound
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those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration…
— William P. Young
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Carrie doesn't seem to talk about anything with sharp edges. Maybe she's afraid they might poke her and then she'd burst.
— Lisa McMann
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Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,…
— Carl Sagan
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Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?" "I guess it depends on how you die.
— Haruki Murakami
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Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am?" What do you mean?" I mean would…
— Libba Bray
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And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you must save it."…
— Amy Tan
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What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want…
— Sarah Dessen
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Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with Sabriel, to say something, to say anything. Perhaps the…
— Garth Nix
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Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being…
— C.S. Lewis
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Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it…
— Mitch Albom
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I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares me. That's why…
— J D Salinger
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It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.
— Jim Butcher
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Depression is a lot like that: slowly, over the years, the data will accumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity…
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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It seems to me that we can’t explain all the truly awful things in the world like war and murder and brain tumors, and we…
— Sharon Creech
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Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life.
— Joan Lowery Nixon
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Some people are just afraid of what's different. It doesn't mean different is bad. It just means different is different.
— Kimberly Willis Holt
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