Lorrie Moore Quotes

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.

Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

Maybe there is 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.

The bravest thing that men do is love women.

It needs courage to be afraid.

It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life to be brave in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak.

He loves so wholly. It is his nature. He blinks, then tries to find the right response. "I-" he stumbles. "I'm so afraid, June. So afraid of what might happen to-" I put two fingers against his lips to hush him. "Fear makes you stronger," I whisper. Before I can stop myself, I put my hands on his face and press my mouth to his.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Love is an act of courage.

I think to love bravely is the best and accept - as much as one can bear.

Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.

Have enough courage to love.

would you dare to love me?

What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless, it's about being willing to experience fear, even dread, to do what we must, without guarantee of outcome.