Quotes tagged ‘Fear Of Commitment’

“[about Bill’s new fiancée, while in his truck] Bill: She’s a...a therapist. Jo: Oh...yours? Bill: Christ, you couldn’t resist, could you? Jo: What? I’m not saying you need therapy. Bill: What? Wait, wait, wait, I need therapy? Jo: I didn’t say that. I didn’t say that. Bill: What could I possibly nee…”

— Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin, Dr. Jo Harding, Helen Hunt, imdb.com

“And we are all just fighting to survive a world where I miss you doesn’t mean I’m coming back and I love you doesn’t mean I’ll stay.”

— Chloë Frayne, instagram.com

“I'm sorry, I've been burned before and I was recently engaged to what turned out to be a hologram controlled by a Turkish hacker. I just need to take it slow.”

— Danny Rubin, Azie Mira Dungey, Russ Snyder, David Cross, imdb.com

“Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn’t make you strong. If anything, it makes you weaker. Because you’re doing it out of fear.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“I'm a watercolor stain. He says I run and then I run from him. And then I run.”

— Tori Amos, open.spotify.com

“Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.”

— Steven Pressfield, amazon.com

“As I lay here tonight I keep thinking How long ago for you I was crazy And this night moves right along my mind and much my situation, And I'm feeling mighty cold and unhappy. And the songs I hear, they don't seem like they're changing And my time spent leaving far exceeds the times that I stayed An…”

— Brenda Weiler, open.spotify.com

“He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had…”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“Ah, you hate to see another tired man Lay down his hand like he was giving up the holy game of poker And while he talks his dreams to sleep you notice there's a highway That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder It is curling just like smoke above his shoulder”

— Leonard Cohen, amazon.com