#ear

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#fear #change

I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it is they are thinking about, what they may be afraid of. Sometimes writers write to solve a problem, to answer their own question. All these reasons are good reasons. And that is the most important thing I'll ever tell you. Maybe it is the most important thing you'll ever hear. Ever. ↗

— Patricia MacLachlan

#change

I know that sentence is long and has too many joining words in it but sometimes, when I'm angry, words burst out of me like a shout, or, if I'm sad, they spill out of me like tears, and if I'm happy my words are like a song. If that happens it's one of my rules not to change them because they're coming out of my heart and not my head, and that's the way they're meant to be. ↗

— Glenda Millard

#happy #head #heart #rules #sad

Be careful who you tell your secrets to because when situations change... sometimes, so do people. ↗

— Gwen Ro

#change #change-of-heart #change-your-mind #changes #secret

Screw your courage to the sticking-place ↗

— William Shakespeare

#fear #courage

Fear is an aid to the warrior. It is a small fire burning. It heats the muscles, making us stronger. Panic comes when the fire is out of control, consuming all courage and pride. ↗

— David Gemmell

#fear-of-death #inspirational-quotes #courage

….it was a brave man’s fear. I knew what he meant. What must a brave general feel when he knows the battle has gone against him and nothing remains but death? ↗

— Anne Rice

#fear #courage

To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#fear #courage

Courage results when one's convictions are bigger than one's fears. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#courage #fears #courage

I think fear is normal, Cade. Just don't let it win. ↗

— Lisa Schroeder

#fear #the-day-before #courage