"I was afraid he was going to fall in love with it the way I did, " he said.

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Because no one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.

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And for the love of your own sanity, don't be afraid to talk to someone about it (and in severe cases, this is a must).

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Later in the same letter, he referred to a plan to make his love for her public through the press, though he was afraid would hurt the singer's reputation.

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What if he was just afraid, if the truth was no more than this, and if what to pray for was not even love but simple courage, to meet both her eyes as she says it and trust his heart?

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