Afraid Archive

“Now that you’re Gone, I could go and look for someone else. But that would mean that I would have to open up again. That would make me Vulnerable inside. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that when I’m Vulnerable, there’s a Chance that I could have my Heart smashed again. Well, call [...]

“I don’t want to get too attached and then be hurt later.” – Jacqueline Kelly

“All of the things in my life that worked suddenly seemed broken.  So I abandoned my former life.  Truth be told?  It was an emergency escape hatch that released me from a job that had kidnapped my personal life, and got me out of a relationship I was too afraid to engage in.” – Ask [...]

“I was so looking forward to it all. All I could do was think ahead to this day when it would feel right for us to give it another try. For the first time in forever, you and me. . .  it seemed so possible. It seemed right around the corner. But he died. And [...]

“When you’re young, your whole life is about the pursuit of fun. Then, you grow up and learn to be cautious. You could break a bone or a heart. You look before you leap and sometimes you don’t even leap at all because there’s not always someone there to catch you. And, in life, there’s [...]

“I’m always so frightened you’ll see through my act.”

“I realize you’re afraid, but you can’t reject the whole world.”

“Ever since we said ‘I love you’ to each other, I’ve been feeling all this pressure, and wondering about the future – our future. Like, are we gonna get married? Are we gonna have kids? If so, how many, and when will I get my figure back? Should I keep working? Where’re we gonna live? [...]

“But now, these days…I just can’t say as much as I want to to your face. I’ve become scared to death of what you’ll say back.” – Allison

“Even in the freezing night air, you wouldn’t keep me warm for fear that being so close to me, something would happen between us.”