People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can. Willie Stargell
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. Oscar Wilde
There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.Stephen Hawking
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.plato
We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something. Brene Brown
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
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
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love. Francesca Lia Block
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that. LeBorn Jemes
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
You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat. Mike Tyson