“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”— Daniel Keyes, amazon.com
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, goodreads.com
“I hide because there’s more to me than what you see and I’m not sure you’d like the rest. I know that sometimes, I don’t like the rest.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“I have so much to say to you that I am afraid I shall tell you nothing.”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com
“I don’t know. I just feel stuck, like I’m afraid to take any steps, in case they’re the wrong ones.”— Rebecca Stead, amazon.com
“That’s how the Patriot Act got passed. Bush got that through and nobody objected because they felt that the country faced serious threats from abroad and it’s still in place. President Obama allowed it to continue. See, when you give up something, it’s very, very difficult to get it back.”— Larry Flynt, pbs.org
“The thing I’m most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I’m going to do. Of not knowing what I’m doing right now.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”— Bram Stoker, amazon.com
“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness a…”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared. If the mind is in pain, the mind is pain. The thinker has no other form than his thought.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.”— Carlos Ruiz Zafon, amazon.com
“People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don’t dream at all.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“Don’t be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com