#raid

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless. ↗

— Willa Cather

#always #become #bottomless #drop #even

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. ↗

— Marilyn Ferguson

#because #contains #explore #fear #fears

As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget. ↗

— Ben Chandler

#attorney #attorney general #because #budget #bunch

I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it! ↗

— Vanessa Ferrari

#beam #elements #get #hardest #i

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#bad #call #doctors #economics #give

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through. ↗

— America Ferrera

#am #because #been #before #carry

I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#am #balance #become #choose #especially

I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#become #drink #i #never #water

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#circle #could #difficulty #even #first

The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English. ↗

— John Cleese

#brian #english #grail #holy #holy grail