#afraid

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. ↗

If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry? ↗

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#back #books #feelings #i #i write

And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#again #beautiful #began #climb #dawn

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#around #beauty #because #brains #brilliance

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#cannot #get #getting #you

Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#against #cause #forces #get #i

Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#children #grown-ups #who

If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up. ↗