#afraid

I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed. ↗

— William John Wills

#am #because #declare #disgusted #doing

Last year I built a Courage Machine, but I thought it might be noisy and was too afraid to turn it on. So I coated it with glue, covered it with cat hair, mounted it on my wall, and started claiming it was an exotic animal I killed on a Safari in Africa. I'd like to believe people believe me, on account of it being so strange that it has to be true. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#africa #cat-hair #courage #exotic-animal #fear

I sat up in the strange bed fearing it had been a dream, afraid I would never see her again. Not because I wanted anything from her, only her presence. The disappearance of the presence of beauty is the most despairing of events on this time-wheel of ours that rolls onward towards death. ↗

— Roman Payne

#beauty #beauty-in-literature #beauty-in-nature #bed #death

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#afraid #day #death #every #every day

In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself. ↗

— Michael Ritchie

#ahead #another #best #best work #done

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#caught #cease #event #frightens #men

For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up. ↗

— Jeffrey Wright

#afraid #any #back #been #clearer

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. ↗

— Criss Jami

#being-strong #burden #discernment #fear #guilt