Afraid To Fall In Love Quotes

“With everything going on in my life – going on in my head – I wanted to talk with you. Really talk. Just once. A chance we never seemed to get at school. Or at work. A chance to ask, Who are you?'
We didn’t get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid that I had no chance with you.
That’s what I thought. And I was fine with that. Because whit if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? What if you weren’t the person I hoped you were?
That, more than anything, would have hurt the most.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“I don't feel very smart at the moment. I don't think I could just go away and
not come back. I mean, all you have to do is look at me and—"

"And what?"

She peered upward through her lashes at him. "And I practically go to pieces,
all right?"

"No," he murmured roughly, closing the distance between them. "If you're
going to go to pieces, I want it to be in my arms." He slipped his hands inside the
robe to her waistline and pulled her against him so mat her naked breasts were
crushed against his broad, muscled chest. "And I want to be kissing you." He
caught her mouth in a hot, hard kiss that fired her insides and rekindled her
desire.

-Joy & Caleb”
― Fayrene Preston