“Fear gets you nowhere. Take every enriching opportunity that comes your way.”— Unknown, chasingtravel.com
“We find below that hate is a rumble of anger, and certainly something we have held on to for far too long. But beneath all of that is always fear. A fear of loss. A fear of vulnerability. A fear of letting go. But if you can get to the point of acknowledging the fear, you will see its lighthearted s…”— Nicolas Cole, businessinsider.com
“I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost. What is lost is already in the wall. What is lost is already behind the locked doors. The fear is for what is still to be lost.”— Joan Didion, amazon.com
“As you grow up, you will learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when you had yours broken. You'll fight with your best…”— Unknown, facebook.com
“Everyone is afraid and insecure, even if they pretend not to be.”— Katie Beecher, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are a good person, I promise. It’s hard to be our best selves when we feel constant anxiety, stress, fear of the future or anger and frustration at circumstances and emotions which we feel powerless to change.”— Gee Grewal, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes I run. Sometimes I hide. Sometimes I'm scared of you. But all I really want is to hold you tight. Treat you right, be with you day and night. Baby, all I need is time”— Britney Spears, play.spotify.com
“You're scared. I can see it in your eyes. I hear it in your shaking voice. And I can feel it as I reach for you and you pull away. But you deserve this. We both do.”— Kirsten Corley, facebook.com
“I’m just a big, fat Wookiee-humping loser with no future!”— Daniel Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com
“How we feel lonely, sometimes to a point of tears, but we don't let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don't say anything because we're frozen with fear of what those words might do to the relationship.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“Not every fear feeling or negative thought is an invitation to explore it to a resolutive end.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Nothing is 'scary' to us unless some part of us also wants to understand it, knows we are a part of it, and feels as though it will become part of our experience.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“In fearing that happiness won't last forever, we lose it. In fearing that grief will last forever, we create it.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“We're put in these impossible situations and we're asked to see all the darkness in the world. And then we have to go and live in it. The only way a person can exist after that is to put up a protective wall. A buffer from the sadness and death and chaos.”— BLGielen, wattpad.com
“The idea that beautiful, joyous things could simply be ours without any conscious creation of them on our part is terrifying, because the opposite could just as well be true.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“The pattern of unnecessarily creating crises in your life is actually an avoidance technique. It distracts you from actually having to be vulnerable or held accountable for whatever it is you're afraid of. You're never upset for the reason you think you are. At the core of your desire to create a pr…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Not wanting to do something would make you feel indifferent about it. Fear = interest.”— Brianna Wiest, imdb.com
“When you consider doing something that you truly love and are invested in, you are going to feel an influx of fear and pain, mostly because it will involve being vulnerable.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“I understand how people can fear love, the idea of opening up to someone and being vulnerable to pain is a part of the risk that comes with loving. But when you find the right love, you’ll realize the risk is worth it”— DaisyRainee, kcorley92.tumblr.com