“I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.”
“Should I tell him I'm not afraid of being hurt? I'm afraid of not being in control.”
“Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.”
“But courage is also means being afraid, accepting a fear of the unknown. Anyone who claims to be unafraid as they sit in a barracks in-processing for war is either lying or crazy.”
“I'm NOT used to it! But...I'm not as scared as I was before. Getting rejected is painful, but there are also people who accept me. We aren't alone, you know. And that's why we have nothing to be afraid of.”
“I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.”