“No one is afraid of heights, they're afraid of falling down. No one is afraid of saying I love you, they're afraid of the answer…”

“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I'm afraid of widths.”

“I didn't say I was afraid of dying, I answered, I said that I was afraid to get on a plane. There is a difference.”

“Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.”

“A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”

“tiny: maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. it's gonna hurt. it's gonna hurt because it matters.”

“It’s a terrible thing, being afraid. It’s like an illness; like wanting to fall down, and not being able to faint. You see you never get used to it. You live with it and live with it and every day it’s worse; and one day it’s the worst of all. I thought, when it…happened, I wouldn’t be afraid. But I was wrong….”

“She was afraid, and the afraid, she realized, sought opportunities for bravery in love.”

“Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of the earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid to love, I who love love?”

“The great success of this system is that it makes the general public afraid of taking responsibility, afraid of taking a position or giving a definite answer, or even of making mistakes.”