Hell is given up so reluctantly by those who don't expect…

My mother once told me she thought hell would be nothing more than being given a glimpse of God--then having it taken away, forever.

— Glen Duncan

I am very reluctantly healthy.

— Judy Greer

“Reluctantly he realized some forces could not be conquered and some vengeances can never be sated.”

— Bill Willingham

While some people have rejected capitalism gladly and swiftly, I've done so slowly and reluctantly. Part of the reason was that I could see…

— George Monbiot

“She had a hard time making herself let go and they waged a short, silent, silly little battle that he won, which she reluctantly…

— Karen Marie Moning

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line

— Cake

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at…

— Anonymous

Few people become assholes reluctantly.

— Geoffrey Nunberg

“Per said reluctantly. Being the grandson of Frans Ringholm afforded him a special status within the group, and in a weak moment he had”

— Camilla Läckberg

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

— Anonymous

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

— Michael Gove

Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.

— Otto Rank

“Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin what might perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy…

— Jane Austen

Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least…

— Neal Shusterman

We call it "Nature"; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be "Nature" too.

— Denise Levertov