Afraid Quotes
5719 Afraid quotes by 3276 unique authors
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It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid.…
— Carson McCullers
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I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar…
— Charlotte Bronte
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What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid.
— Ilsa J. Bick
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You're afraid of your own anger.
— Kristin Cashore
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He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.
— Kristin Hannah
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Nobody wants to worship you if you have the same problems, the same bad breath and messy hair and hangnails, as a regular person. You…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it…
— Bruce Lee
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I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than…
— C.S. Lewis
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I can see why she feels left behind. Maybe even discarded. Is that why she refuses to accept my love and return it? Afraid that…
— Ellen Hopkins
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You don't smoke do you?" "No, why?" "They're afraid of fire." "Great, we're going to be eaten alive because neither of us smokes." I almost…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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Well, see, I think it's that most people don't like that lonely feeling. People don't like looking up and feeling small or lost. That's what…
— Craig Silvey
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Are you afraid of the good you might do?
— Victor Hugo
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In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for touch, for simple…
— Marya Hornbacher
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Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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When your afraid,reallyafraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world.
— Tim O'Brien
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For a second, I'm afraid he's dying. I have to remind myself that I don't care.
— Suzanne Collins
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Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd…
— Julian Barnes
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I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact." "I'm not scared of being spoiled," Val said.
— Holly Black
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If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure…
— Paulo Coelho
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Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.
— Amy Chua
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Rain amplifies your mistakes, and water on the track can make your car handle unpredictably. When something unpredictable happens you have to react to it;…
— Garth Stein
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I'm not afraid of the world. I'm afraid of a world without you.
— Brian K. Vaughan
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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle;…
— David Gemmell
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The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail,…
— Doris Lessing
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