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“I have licked the fire and danced in the ashes of every bridge I ever burned. I fear no hell from you.”
― Nicole Lyons, Hush

“Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I came to see myself one day and it was like looking into a mirror. I came to see that at any given moment, I am both equally ready to stay and to leave. It’s like I always have my luggage with me and I can unpack or repack on short notice. I guess that’s something you can call a traveler’s heart. You are ready to stay with every atom in your body; but you are also ready to leave that way. You’re not afraid of forever but you’re also not afraid of nothing at all.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“...whatever happens I'll not be afraid again; for, when you've once pushed through the place of torment to the peace beyond, you know that you can do it again. You know there's a strength somewhere that you can call upon. You've confidence.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The Castle on the Hill

“I no longer have any fear of pain because I'm the one inflicting it and can decide when it stops.”
― Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World

“Forever Beautiful, Forever Mine.”
― Michael Griffo

“Jesus is, and always has been, a person we can expect to be doing things we don't expect him to do, in the places where we don't think he'd be, with the people we didn't think he'd be with. His enemies were those who dedicated themselves to obeying every rule in the Bible. His best friends were sex workers, social misfits, and everyone else the religious leaders had declared were "out." I believe our spiritual journey gets much richer the moment we accept this, and accept that Jesus seems to have not just opted out of our boundary systems entirely, but is actually busy walking behind us and erasing the lines we've drawn.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“Give me back what should already be mine. Give me the dark, the freedom of the streets, the right to walk wherever I want, unafraid of rape or assault or just being messed with. The stars belong to me as much as you. Move over. Make room on the bench.”
― Gail Caldwell, Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir

“Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and standing scarred and unafraid, triumphant before your enemies.”
― Christina Engela, For Love of Leelah

“I've been thinking," he said huskily.
A tremulous smile curved her lips. "About what?"
"Trust. When I told you I couldn't count on someone loving me..."
"Yes, I remember."
"I realized that before I can have trust... actually feel it... I'll have to start doing it. Trusting blindly. I'll have to learn how. It's... difficult."
Her beautiful eyes shimmered. "I know, darling," she whispered.
"But if I'm ever going to try it with anyone, it has to be you."
Phoebe inched closer to him. Her eyes were so bright, they were like bottled lightning. "I've been thinking, too."
"About?"
"About surprises. You see, there was no way of knowing how much time Henry and I would have together before his decline started. As it turned out, it was even less time than we'd expected. But it was worth it. I would do it again. I wasn't afraid of his illness, and I'm not afraid of your past, or whatever might leap out at us. That's the chance everyone takes, isn't it? The only ironclad guarantee is that we'll love each other." Her voice thickened with emotion. "And I do, West. I love you so very much.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil's Daughter

“If you like comets, you should like fallen angels. The fallen angels were the ones unafraid to love, unafraid to fall, ready to burn.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“She always picks the most boring things on the rack, always in basic black. If it's shaped like a sack, even better."

"Maybe it feels easier that way, just being invisible instead of always worrying what people think of you."

Nim's voice was surprisingly emphatic. "But that's a choice too, right? Because people are always going to look. They're always going to judge, so you can say nothing or you can at least answer back.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman

“But what if there's really no such thing as a crisis of faith? ... What if it just feels like everything is going wrong, but really that instance is a moment when everything is about to go right? ... What if what we often call a faith crisis is actually a divine journey--not from God, or simply to God, but a journey with God?”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“We are rarely conscious of all these things that are killing our faith because they become so enshrined in our belief system. And when we enter into an unexpected process of shedding off those things that we have grown comfortable with... Well, that moment feels like a crisis. It feels like our faith is falling apart. It feels like everything has gone wrong. But I'm convinced it's not a crisis at all, but the birth of a true faith.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“We are bound
to memories,
to a past,
even to those full
of all that is aghast,
and yet, we must
conjure up
enough strength
to live beside
our ghosts,
unafraid."

- Barbara Garay, "Beneath the Surface: A book of poems.”
― Barbara Garay, Beneath the Surface: A Book of Poems

“Maybe being brave is different from being unafraid. If you're not afraid, what is there to be brave about?”
― Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War

“It’s never been about winning or losing. It’s about living your life unafraid to do either.”
― Broms The Poet, Feast

“Like many biblical terms we see in scripture, the word "holy" and the call to be holy have often been co-opted by various tribes and adjusted to suit their particular agendas. In my experience, and perhaps this is true for you, too, the call to be holy has been a call to conform. Preachers...then prescribe for us all of the changes we need to make in our lives so that we'll conform to the image and likeness of their particular brand of Christianity. "Holy living," then, becomes a call to conform to the beliefs and practices of a particular group or tribe as evidence that we are truly walking with God.

Although we are called to be imitators of Christ, and to conform to his image and likeness, we must remember that his image and likeness do not conform to any of the various paradigms we like to use to box God in. Holy living, then, becomes conformity with Christ, but radical nonconformity with all those Christian tribes or labels that try to neatly create a limited space where God supposedly lives and works.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“[re: 'keeping the commandments'] I believe that "keeping" speaks more about focus than measuring success on a pass-fail basis. When we keep something, we hold it close to our hearts and allow it to progressively become our object of focus. The action of keeping becomes personal and intimate, not regulated by an outside authority. Whatever we keep becomes an object we love and cherish, and it becomes a center point from which the rest of our lives flow--like a compass.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“Through a lens of navigation, then, we can see that "keeping" isn't about having a perfect, linear or flawless journey; keeping is about having a focus point that you want to keep moving toward.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“Humanity evolves because of those who are unafraid to chart their own course.”
― Dipa Sanatani, The Little Light

“True power is going for what you want and becoming a better you”
― AriaKang

“The house was so quiet, as if everyone had been spirited out of sight. I had a feeling of moving through time itself. I saw myself as a small, scurrying animal rushing into my future. But I was not afraid.”
― Ann Rinaldi, Wolf by the Ears

“You’re not going to always hit a home run in life. You’re going to strike out! You’re going to walk to the dugout of life, frustrated, while spectators chirp your name in judgment. They’re afraid to even get on the field, and you know it. The fact that you get back up there, unafraid, going after that next home run, makes you the person you are.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

“Drawing identity from any area other than the source of life is a spiritual death sentence, and worse, it's contagious, because it gives birth to tribalism. However, when we return to our central identity of image-bearers designed to receive love from and reflect love to others, we are naturally invited to shed all of the unloving, fear-based tribal behaviors that come from loyalty to the label.”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“Unlike the bounded-set approach where we're constantly trying to measure ourselves up to see whether we're in or out, the centered-set paradigm invites us to ask far more simple and profound questions: "Am I moving toward Jesus? Am I moving toward love?”
― Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

“Hey, Berta? Remember how I said he looked kind of scruffy and rough at first?"
"Yeah. It looks like we were wrong, Cilla."
Dangerous and wild men unafraid to take big risks are sooo hot! ??”
― Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 22 [Shokugeki no Souma 22]

“I am unafraid to dream.
I play on the winning team.
With God foremost on my list,
Possibilities exist.”
― Sylvia Green Chatman, Unafraid to Dream

“The shadows help you navigate uncertainty by becoming adaptable and unafraid of the unknown.”
― Dark Night Beacon