#afraid

She didn't say she loved him then. She said it later that night, when he was breathing deeply beside her, the sleep of peace and satiety, as he always did when they'd released each other from passion by indulging it without limit. He slept heavily, so she could smooth his hair, kiss him without his knowing, and whisper the words she didn't know how to say when he heard her. "Tuscan Tycoon's Wife ↗

— Lucy Gordon

#love

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

Fear... is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday. ↗

— Renata Adler

#fear #forward #yesterday

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it. ↗

— Lou Brock

#baseball #because #before #challenge #conquer

It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else. ↗

— Jerome Cady

#anything #being #being afraid #else #fear

What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me. ↗

— John Carpenter

#ask #frightens #genre #horror #know

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#batter #every #great #him #more

I was terrified. My first week, walking around in a teeny bikini, I kept crossing my arms over my chest because I was afraid I was going to fall out of the top of the suit. And I didn't know anything about technique or lighting. ↗

— Mary Crosby

#afraid #anything #arms #around #because

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. ↗

— Ruby Dee

#being #being afraid #gift #greatest #greatest gift

I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying. ↗

— Ingvar Kamprad

#dying #i #lots #things #time