“I'm shaking my shit up a little bit. You know, taking a chance on myself.”— Lindy West, Alexandra Rushfield, Aidy Bryant, Annie, Aidy Bryant, imdb.com
“You were a shot in the dark. You scattered like ashes across every song that I write.”— The Wonder Years, open.spotify.com
“Dr. Ellie Sattler: [after finding Malcolm with a broken leg] Should we chance moving him? Dr. Ian Malcolm: [the Tyrannosaur roars nearby] Please, chance it.”— Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Laura Dern, imdb.com
“How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you’ll never meet them. All right, so we do the best we can. Granted. But we must still realize that love is just the result of a chance encounter.”— Charles Bukowski, goodreads.com
“I know how it feels to be scared to take a chance on someone but it's more of a disservice to not be able to show each other you care.”— Gia Sison, twitter.com
“Take a chance because sometimes the things that we fear the most oftentimes turn out to be what we need. No regrets.”— Gia Sison, twitter.com
“Nothing is 'scary' to us unless some part of us also wants to understand it, knows we are a part of it, and feels as though it will become part of our experience.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“You will not be ready when the love of your life comes along. You also probably won't be ready when you see the listing for your dream job or to buy a house or maybe have a kid or maybe quit that job and try to write the book you keep thinking about or get sick or lose a relative or die yourself. If…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Happy people may lose everything they have but people who never choose to fully step into their lives never have anything at all.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Fuck you, you don't owe it to yourself man, you owe it to me. Cuz tomorrow I'm gonna wake up and I'll be 50, and I'll still be doin' this shit. And that's all right. That's fine. I mean, you're sittin' on a winnin' lottery ticket. And you're too much of a pussy to cash it in, and that's bullshit. 'C…”— Ben Affleck, amazon.com
“He'd learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn't worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear.”— Tamera Alexander, amazon.com
“Elsewhere are two letters that were never sent, because of pride, each a declaration of love that would’ve changed lives.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com