Julie Garwood Quotes

Poetry takes courage because you have to face things and you try to articulate how you feel.

If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.

The thing with 'Lost Without You' is that for a long time I didn't feel like I could share it with people. When it came to releasing it, it was a cliff-diving moment.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

Do you ever think that your life might be easier if you weren't in love with me?" — Edward Cullen

-The little things,Emma. The gestures,the moments. And the big. I let him see my heart. I gave it to him,even when I believed he couldn't or wouldn't take it. I gave it anyway-a gift. Even if he broke it. I was very brave. Love is very brave.

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

There's something I'm afraid to say to you too early, but I'd be a fool to wait too late.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You have to be a man and put on a brave face, but we all have fears.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.

In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem to have this knack for being able to accomplish that.

Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.