Charles James Quotes

Something I learned long ago. It is not necessary to know what a person is afraid of. It is enough to know the person is afraid.

People are always vulnerable when they're happy.

To love is to be afraid. You are frightened, deathly terrified, that something will happen to those you love. Think of the possibilities. Does your heart clench with each thought? That, my friend, is love. And love enslaves us all, for you cannot have love without fear.

I would say what makes me vulnerable is when I allow my mind to spiral. You know? When I start not being in the present moment and I start skipping ahead and picturing my daughter driving on the freeway on a late saturday night.

Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion.

Why is everybody afraid of love?

Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.

Any person with any imagination is bound to be afraid.

It’s impossible to give thanks and simultaneously feel fear

I don't know anybody who is raising their hand saying, "Oh God, I love being vulnerable and needy."

She had always maintained a cynical facade, using it as a defence against embarrassment, fear, loneliness… but at the moment she felt unusually vulnerable.

Bones,” I sighed. “Know something? I’m not afraid of you, but you scare me….” His outline blurred again. “You scare me, too, Kitten,” he might have replied, but I couldn’t be sure.

I could see her get all nervous but she was also excited. Nightmares have that quality, don't they?

Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear?

Love is about letting go of the fears that stand in front of our hearts.

I'm still afraid of things, obviously - we're human. But I like that feeling of being afraid.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

Fear is vulnerability's ugly little sister.

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves.

It is the peculiarity of grief to bring out the childish side of man.

Don't walk out of here. I can't lose you.

There's always a threat surrounding the things you love

Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.

I grant you that frustration is a very mild form of fear, yet it is fear nonetheless.