--- title: "1 Emotions Feel Quotes By M.L. Stedman" description: "1 Emotions Feel quotes by M.L. Stedman. Plus more from M.L. Stedman and more Emotions Feel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/m-l-stedman-9230_desire_it-astounds-him-that-the-tiny-life-of-th_1689034.png" --- > [“It astounds him that the tiny life of the girl means more to him than all the millennia before it. He struggles to make sense of his emotions – how he can feel both tenderness and unease when she kisses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/it-astounds-him-that-the-tiny-life-of-the-girl-means-more-to-him-than/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/m-l-stedman-9230_desire_it-astounds-him-that-the-tiny-life-of-th_1689034.png) ## More by M.L. Stedman > [“He traced the constellations as they slid their way across the roof of the world from dusk till dawn. The precision of it, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/he-traced-the-constellations-as-they-slid-their-way-across-the-roof/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/you-only-have-to-forgive-once-to-resent-you-have-to-do-it-all-day/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“Putting down the burden of the lie has meant giving up the freedom of the dream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/putting-down-the-burden-of-the-lie-has-meant-giving-up-the-freedom-of/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“Tom thought back to the imposing, empty house: to the silence that deadened every room with a subtly different pitch; to the kitchen smelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/tom-thought-back-to-the-imposing-empty-house-to-the-silence-that/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“He must turn to something solid, because if he didn't, who knew where his mind or his soul could blow away to, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/he-must-turn-to-something-solid-because-if-he-didn-t-who-knew-where/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“He struggles to make sense of it--all this love, so bent out of shape, refracted, like light through the lens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/he-struggles-to-make-sense-of-it-all-this-love-so-bent-out-of-shape/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“You don't make an omelette without breaking eggs, I'm afraid”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/you-don-t-make-an-omelette-without-breaking-eggs-i-m-afraid/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“We always have a choice. All of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/we-always-have-a-choice-all-of-us/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/sometimes-you-re-the-one-who-strikes-it-lucky-sometimes-it-s-the/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“The town draws a veil over certain events. This is a small community, where everyone knows that sometimes the contract to forget is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/the-town-draws-a-veil-over-certain-events-this-is-a-small-community/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“Coming back last time to the house she grew up in, Isabel had been reminded of the darkness that had descended with her brothers'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/coming-back-last-time-to-the-house-she-grew-up-in-isabel-had-been/) [M.L. Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-stedman/) > [“Everything's ruined. Nothing can ever be put right." Tom rested a hand on hers. "We've put things right as well as we can. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-stedman/everything-s-ruined-nothing-can-ever-be-put-right-tom-rested-a-hand/) [M.L. 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