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

“Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

“It's going to be a lot of work, Gideon," Eva warned him.

"I'm not afraid of work." He was touching me restlessly as if it were as necessary to him as breathing. "I'm only afraid of losing you.”

Sylvia Day book Bared to You

“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…”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.”

Jay McInerney (1955) American writer

“I'm afraid of time. I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself.”

Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“I'm afraid the people of Putney said: "Up your hacienda, Jimmy."”

David Mellor (1949) former British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and businessman

“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.”

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

“The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.”

Maud Hart Lovelace book Betsy in Spite of Herself

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

Alan Moore V for Vendetta