“Deep in her secret heart, in the pure place she protects, she is afraid she will always be alone - that she will go through life without being known. And she will not survive that.”— Rene Denfeld, amazon.com
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”— Veronica Roth, 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
“It’s hard to trust, when your hearts been broken times before. You pull the curtains and you lock the doors, swear you’ll never go out anymore.”— Matthew Perryman Jones, play.spotify.com
“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won’t be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com
“I knew what I wanted to run to. But it didn’t exist, so I didn’t leave.”— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com
“Desires, memories, fears, passions form labyrinths in which we lose and find and then lose ourselves again.”— Bernhard Schlink, amazon.com
“I had a dream I put my hands inside my chest and held my heart to try to keep it still.”— Mariko Tamaki, amazon.com
“I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art.”— Chaim Potok, amazon.com
“I’m so afraid. Because I’m so profoundly happy. Happiness like this is frightening… They only let you this happy if they’re preparing to take something from you.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don’t dream at all.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“When we consider loving well and living fully, we can see the ways our attachments and fears have limited us.”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com
“Sitting mindfully with our sorrows and fears, or with those of another, is an act of courage. It is not easy.”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com