It was necessary to be afraid in order to have courage.
Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent.
“Luke diagnosed himself to be in love, and sought no cure for the disease.”
“Besides(..), it's a poor woman whose ambition is only to be loved.”
“The fear of the crowd then came to Will, with the taste of a copper penny placed on his tongue; and it was not the fear that they were under divine judgement, but that they were not, and could neve...”
“Not even knowledge takes all the strangeness from the world”
“Must we make battlegrounds out of our children?”
“what use was it to observe the human species and try to understand it? Their rules were fathomless and no mire fixed than the wind”
“If you are not willing to stand up for anything or anybody, then why should the Creator take a single step to help you?”
“If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I w...”
“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.”
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
“Fear is all in the mind”