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title: "22 Felt Compelled Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [“In order not to give myself up to the desire to kill him on the spot, I felt compelled to treat him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/in-order-not-to-give-myself-up-to-the-desire-to-kill-him-on-the-spot/)

[leo tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [“The flowers' beauty drew her closer to them like a magnetic force. She felt compelled to walk a little faster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-balcomb/the-flowers-beauty-drew-her-closer-to-them-like-a-magnetic-force-she/)

[H. L. Balcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-balcomb/)

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> [I haven't felt compelled to go back in the studio and do anything serious. I have a little sort of home studio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-haven-t-felt-compelled-to-go-back-in-the-studio-and-do-anything/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

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> [“Broken and weak I felt compelled to give in service. And every hand I gave rebuilt and strengthened me. One by one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-luz-matias/broken-and-weak-i-felt-compelled-to-give-in-service-and-every-hand-i/)

[Danielle Luz Matias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-luz-matias/)

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> [“Perhaps life itself occurred as a sort of prison she felt compelled to escape.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/perhaps-life-itself-occurred-as-a-sort-of-prison-she-felt-compelled/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“Humanity was a passing notion to him; something he liked to try on for size and model in the dressing room, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-bled/humanity-was-a-passing-notion-to-him-something-he-liked-to-try-on-for/)

[Jane Bled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-bled/)

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> [“I run. At least five miles a day.” When he saw her look of appreciation, he felt compelled to add, “Usually more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-boyd/i-run-at-least-five-miles-a-day-when-he-saw-her-look-of-appreciation/)

[Christina Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-boyd/)

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> [I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/i-ve-always-felt-compelled-to-explore-range-because-as-far-as-i-know/)

[Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/)

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> [ I've written a lot of other books and this book \[Tears we cannot stop\] was different. I couldn't just say what I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/i-ve-written-a-lot-of-other-books-and-this-book-tears-we-cannot-stop/)

[Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/)

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> [“These were quirks, and at first I understood them as little more than strict rules that I could either comply with or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-vance/these-were-quirks-and-at-first-i-understood-them-as-little-more-than/)

[J.D. Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-vance/)

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> [I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-m-not-the-type-of-person-who-likes-to-look-backwards-i-ve-always/)

[Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/)

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> [I felt compelled to blow the whistle on the penal system, under the delusion that doing so might result in some change,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-mcconnell/i-felt-compelled-to-blow-the-whistle-on-the-penal-system-under-the/)

[Patricia McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-mcconnell/)

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> [I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-braff/i-think-i-felt-compelled-in-a-way-because-if-i-hadn-t-written-the/)

[Zach Braff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-braff/)

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> [We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/we-knew-the-pain-of-winter-rushing-up-your-skirt-and-the-ache-of/)

[Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/)

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> [There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-ripken-jr/there-have-been-times-in-my-life-when-i-felt-compelled-to-write/)

[Cal Ripken, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-ripken-jr/)

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> [“I didn’t want to know him and I didn’t want to like him, but I felt compelled to heal him ... Here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-canterbary/i-didn-t-want-to-know-him-and-i-didn-t-want-to-like-him-but-i-felt/)

[Kate Canterbary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-canterbary/)

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> [Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/deep-in-the-forest-a-call-was-sounding-and-as-often-as-he-heard-this/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/jack-london-595_earth_deep-in-the-forest-a-call-was-sounding-a_1223273.jpg)

> [Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-carlin-mccall/coming-out-of-graduation-i-didn-t-immediately-know-what-direction-i/)

[Kelly Carlin-McCall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-carlin-mccall/)

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> [I'm pretty sure I can say that no one in my family ever asked Demetrie what it felt like to be black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/i-m-pretty-sure-i-can-say-that-no-one-in-my-family-ever-asked/)

[Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/)

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> [“The idea of being weighed down made me uneasy, as if I lived on the surface of a frozen lake and each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/the-idea-of-being-weighed-down-made-me-uneasy-as-if-i-lived-on-the/)

[Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/nicole-krauss-920_frozen-lake_the-idea-of-being-weighed-down-made-me-u_1244994.png)

> [I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-bischof/i-felt-compelled-to-venture-forth-and-explore-the-true-face-of-the/)

[Werner Bischof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-bischof/)

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> [I never, ever decided that I had to write a novel because, to me, there's no such decision that ought to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-never-ever-decided-that-i-had-to-write-a-novel-because-to-me-there/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

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