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Quotes About Afraid

What, do you tremble? Are you all afraid? Alas, I blame you not, for you are mortal, And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil.—
~ William Shakespeare
I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.
~ Holly Black
And if the serpent grows in monstrousness and corruption, if it poisons the land of Elfhame itself, then let me be the queen of monsters. Let me rule over that blackened land with my redcap father as a puppet by my side. Let me be feared and never again afraid.
~ Holly Black
Maybe I even miss being afraid. I feel as though I am dreaming away my days, restless, never fully awake.
~ Holly Black
He saw now the ways in which they tried to be careful with each other, afraid of hitting those raw places where they might hurt each other almost without trying. But sparing another person is a tricky thing. It's easy to think you're succeeding when you're failing spectacularly.
~ Holly Black
I'll dare to love, and dare to fight, so that when I die my life will be a testament to the chances I took, and not to the chances I was afraid to take.
~ Holly Lisle
So I wasn't only afraid of becoming my mother, but a mother. I was afraid of being the steadfast, stationary anchor who provides a jumping-off place for another young adventurer whose travels I might envy and whose future is still unmoored and unmapped.
~ Lionel Shriver
It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavors when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients.
~ Rocco DiSpirito
Nevada is a very scary place. This is the worst commission on the planet. I am afraid to bring fights to Las Vegas.
~ Dana White
A lot of the reason the Universal version of 'Heights' went away is that they were afraid they didn't have a big enough Latino star to bankroll this movie. The people I dealt with at the studio who wanted to make this movie were very passionate about it.
~ Lin-Manuel Miranda
What does it matter what any of us says about anything? Nobody takes much notice of it, luckily for everybody. This reflection must be of great comfort to editors and critics. A conscientious man who really felt that his words would carry weight and influence with them would be almost afraid to speak at all. It is the man who knows that it will not make an ounce of difference to anyone what he says, that can grow eloquent and vehement and positive.
~ Jerome K. Jerome
I don't think the process was successful and should be inspected closer. I am not afraid to say I am not familiar with the entire process, so before commenting further I would have to study the process more in depth.
~ Vincent Frank
The city of Pittsburgh gleaming suddenly before her . . . so startling in its vastness and its beauty that she had gasped and slowed, afraid of losing control of the car
~ Kim Edwards
When you feel threatened by the Church, listen to the One who speaks from beneath those humble, human appearances: "It is I; be not afraid.
~ Peter Kreeft
Conservatives often seem afraid of questions and liberals afraid of answers—which is even sillier, because that's like being afraid of food. Being afraid of questions is like being afraid of hunger. That's only cowardice.
~ Peter Kreeft
I don't have time to read popular fiction. I'm too busy with work.' Secretaries, he thought acidly, read that junk, at home in bed at night. It stimulates them. Instead of the real thing. Which they're afraid of. But of course really crave.
~ Philip K. Dick
Now that I've found you, it scares me witless to think of anything happening. To you. I'm not used to being... afraid. A sudden realization came to her, So this is love, she said quietly. The daily prospect of joy or disaster
~ Zoe Archer
One who pursues a goal through sinful ways, will ironically distance himself from that goal, and will approach what he was afraid of.
~ Unknown
You've got no cause to hurt me, she said. - I know. But I gave my word. - Your word? - Yes. We're at the mercy of the dead here. In this case your husband. - That dont make no sense. - I'm afraid it does
~ Cormac McCarthy
I'm excited but afraid. I long to turn and wedge myself through the horse's arse from which I've just fallen, to sit safe in the hot womb of my room. But this is Jasper Jones, and he and come to me .
~ Craig Silvey
I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?
~ Curtis Sittenfeld
I returned to Vietnam in '94, and even then, all those decades later, walking around that place, I remained afraid. And, in some ways, rightly so.
~ Tim O'Brien
It depends on whether the monkey is more intelligent than we are." "I'm rather afraid of the answer," Harry replied dryly. - Beatrix & Harry
~ Lisa Kleypas
The snow is falling on the deserted field of my life, and my hopes, which roam far, are afraid of becoming frozen or lost.
~ Unknown