I fear feeling my heart break a second time, because I'm not sure I could survive it. I'd rather live alone than risk the pain.
Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.
Roarke cares very much for Beth and for me, and a few select others. But loves? I'm not sure he'd let himself risk quite that unstable an emotion.
She gazed toward the marsh that grew thicker, deeper, greener with approaching summer. Mosquitoes whined in there, breeding in the dark water. Alligators slid through it, silent death. It was a place where snakes could slither and bogs could suck the shoe right off your foot. And it was a place, she thought, that went bright and beautiful with the twinkling of fireflies, where wildflowers thrived in the shade and the stingy light. Where an eagle could soar like a king. There was no beauty without risk. No life without it.
You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.
There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.
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