#fear

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see. ↗

— Criss Jami

#afraid #change #cognition #experimentation #eyes

إذا كان المرءُ خائفًا على حياته فهو لايفكرُ بالآخرين ، بل يفكرُ فقط بالناس الذين يحبهم ، وقد لا يكونُ هذا حتى كافيًا ↗

— Lisa See

#love #novel #thinking #love

Fear cannot stay in the same house as Jesus Christ. ↗

— Jack Coe

#fear #god #jesus #love #revivalist

...some people won't even own a dog for fear it will die - you can't bubble-wrap your heart... ↗

— John Geddes

#dog #fear #heart #love #love

I saw that he was looking anxious. 'I thought you weren't coming.' As he spoke, he grasped my hand. And if the sight of him had not quite restored the magic, the touch of him most certainly did. 'You're not wishing yourself some place else, Mary? ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#earnestness #fear #hope #jane-austen #jennifer-paynter

For, without the knowledge of love, fear is all that remains, and we can never feel safe. ↗

— Joan Borysenko

#love #love

In this county, we had to walk, eat, sleep and love in fear. ↗

— Herta Müller

#fear #love

Love opens your heart, trumps fear, and paves the way for healing in all aspects of your life. ↗

— Lissa Rankin

#healing #love #love

[Hadley] "I have a fear of mayo, so I've actually gotten pretty good at it over the years." [Oliver] "You have a fear of mayo?" She nods again."It's in my top three or four." "What are the others?" he asks with a grin. "I mean what could possibly be worse than mayonnaise. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#top-fears #love

She looked around the room, glanced over him and Micah waited. Her Gaze passed him, then again. On the third pass she lingered as she continued to watch her, allowing his gaze to memorize those features just before her eyes met his. A jolt od power flashed through him. Her ligth blue eyes flickered with interest, fear, then interest again, as though she wasn't certain which she should feel. He let his gaze continue to hers, let his mind reach out to her, soothe her, ease her. He used his eyes rather than his expression to calm the fear that he knew he would be rising within her. Micah knew the power of a look. When two people touched from across a distance, that touch could be frightening, wary, or a stroke of gentleness. He stroked her gently. He never let his eyes dip below her chin; rather, he let himself take in every nuance of expression, every shift of each facial motion, the flicker of her lashes, the shadows in her eyes, the tension in her small body. She was like a little bird ready to fly. Poised at the edge of her seat.her body stiff and prepared to run. Easy, little bird, he thought, letting his thoughts touch his gaze. There is no pain here; there is no fear. ↗

— Lora Leigh

#fear #lora-leigh #love-at-first-sight #micah #risa