I wanted...to own you. I wanted a part of me in you." He…

“Davy, Didn't you realize that the only thing I wanted from Mark was his version of the night you, well, removed him from the party? I know Mark is a sleaze. I'm not involved with him in any way, but when you vanished from in front of me, what was I to think? I don't know if you're even human. For all I knew you fly around in a flying saucer kidnapping humans left and right. If this sort of jumping to conclusions bothers you, think how much alternative explanation you offered. I know you're hurt, and I guess you were hurt even more when you thought I was getting involved with Mark again. But, dammit, you are doing your share of lashing out, yourself. Millie P.S. I still don't know if you are human, but I know that I care for you enough that you can hurt me. You did.”

— Steven Gould

I never wanted Mark Esper's job. I just wanted to see Mark Esper succeed and do a great job as secretary of Defense.

— Robert C. O'Brien

Every time I watched my acting on 'Dynasty,' I cringed. Creatively, I felt stifled.

— Catherine Oxenberg

“She cringed involuntarily. He was totally off his rocker. Like tipped-off-the-porch-and-into-the-fishpond off his rocker.”

— Anonymous

“Maybe he did care about me. Maybe he was hurting as much as I was. I cringed at the thought and headed back to…

— Teresa Mummert

“He cringed to even consider his father and Celaena in a room together. Cringed, and then smiled, because that was a battle of wills…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I cringed at the stupid 'b' word. Really, the English language is kind of limited in that department.”

— C.M. Stunich

“Damn, son, well I hope you don’t regret not letting me kill one of them mother fuckers,” he cursed so hard Chi cringed.”

— Nako

“I cringed as the band oozed into the next chord. If notes were cars, I think there was a D major under the wreckage.”

— Mary Hughes

“You were going to sacrifice yourself to save everyone else?" I cringed. "Then I wimped out.”

— Carrie Jones

Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like…

— Lisi Harrison

I played American when I was, like, fourteen, and I was awful. I cringed the whole way through.

— Kaya Scodelario

“I cringed, though; for as much as I did not want to marry a troll, I was just as certain the troll didn’t want…

— Danielle L. Jensen

“I'm a demon sent by God in his scorn for man's sins to entice thee with" - I cringed - a voodoo vagina”

— Pam Godwin

I tensed for the spring, my eyes squinting as I cringed away, and the sound of Edward's furious roar echoed distantly in the back…

— Stephenie Meyer