Francesca Lia Block Quotes

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it. Then there's another cavern that is just as big and terrifying, and you just go in and dwell in it and see what is the worst that can happen.

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear.

The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.

When you've been afraid of something for long enough and it comes to pass, the terrible thing is a release. For in the belly of the badness there is no more fear.

The fears you run away from run toward you. The fears you don't own will own you. But behind every fear wall lives a precious treasure.

I had paralyzing fear as a kid. I couldn't watch horror movies, nothing. The funny thing is I got so sick of being afraid that I started doing it deliberately and instead of being afraid in my bed I would sit up on my bed and say, 'ok, come on, show yourself, do it.'

Fear mustn't take control of us.

I don't feel fear anymore, in any form.

Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.

Fear is the root of all courage.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul

They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, and the sense of homecoming that follows, when you suddenly remember what it feels like to be yourself.

When you're feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

Solitude is one of our great superpowers... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the courage of convictions to stand behind those decisions.

In relationship, be blissful, in aloneness be aware and they will help each other, like two wings of a bird.

Their leaving made me melancholy, though I also felt something like relief when they disappeared into the dark trees. I hadn't needed to get anything from my pack; I'd only wanted to be alone. Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.