Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.
– Raquel Cepeda
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- I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice. – Raquel Cepeda
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- The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences. – Raquel Cepeda
- This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me. – Raquel Cepeda
- You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by. – Lemony Snicket
- Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I’m proud to be Latina. – Raquel Welch
- Let my heart fall into your life. Let my heart fall into your hand. Let it fall, let it fall – my heart to your heart. – Kristian Goldmund Aumann
- I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am light and the dark is afraid of me. – DR Silva
- Don’t be afraid to fall into the sea. Close your eyes and jump, for you will fall on the back of a big fish which will carry you to your destination – Bangambiki Habyarimana
- I dont hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I dont. I dont! I dont hate it! I dont hate it! – William Faulkner
- If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. – Carlos Ruiz Zafn
- Strange. Half my years afraid of life. The other half, afraid of death. Always some kind of afraid. – Ray Bradbury
- I’m afraid of failing. I’m afraid of letting this opportunity pass us by. And I’m afraid of what happens if nothing in this world ever changes. – Victoria Aveyard
- We don’t have to be afraid of stepping out. We don’t have to be afraid of failing. We only have to be afraid of not trusting God. – Jennifer L Lane
- I am not afraid of anything in the world. But I’m afraid of myself, afraid of what I will be in the future. – Luffina Lourduraj
- Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- It is okay to climb as long as you are not afraid, because being afraid is what made you fall – Susan Hill
- We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – Plato
- As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside.As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within. – Anthony Liccione
- Death chose each of us – both Dark and Light – for a reason. There can’t be Light without Dark or Dark without Light. – Donna Grant
- I don’t look girls in the eyes, I am afraid to fall in love – Bangambiki Habyarimana
- She blows a heavy breath, her eyes so full of tears that if she blinked, they’d fall.And then she does.She blinks. They fall. I break.- Cam – Jay McLean
- Allow the fear to keep you sensible but not to keep you still. If you’re afraid of the dark then open your eyes, see that you are home. – Taylor Patton
- She shuffled with her head bowed, her dark eyes drifting to avoid contact, and she screamed in bed at night. (Dark City Lights) – Jim Fusilli
- But death is stronger than that and when you cover your eyes you are the one who can’t see the dark. The dark still sees you. – Francesca Lia Block
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- …who would have known the dark eyes staring into mine would become our children’s eyes…? – John Geddes