She still felt shell-shocked by all of it, numb. Beneath the numbness, though, was a raw and terrible anger that was unlike… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I wish I could explain it so someone could understand it. I'm afraid it's something I can't put into words. There's just… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
And in some way, Clary thought, he meant it, meant his gratitude. He had long ago lost the ability to distinguish between… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Kill her for me," she said in that whiny little-girl voice. Diego took a step toward me, wearing an expression that told… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
This morning I suddenly catch myself: I'm not there, I'm so lost in thought, I don't know what's going on around me.… — Anna Kamienska Copy Share Image
Every parent who has ever said a few words over a goldfish in a toilet bowl or felt the numbness of an… — Lori Borgman Copy Share Image
Day just smiles at me, an expression so sad that it breaks through my numbness, and I begin to cry. Those bright… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“The same numbness and disappointment every day sends some people looking for something tragic for proof of life.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I wanted to turn everything off, too. Just press a button - click - and shut myself down. Turn off my heart,… — Kevin Brooks Copy Share Image
“She had been defeated by herself alone, and the sadness of it left a dark shadow in her heart. It further sapped… — Yo Yo Copy Share Image
“I guess I should have reacted the way most of the other girls were, but I couldn't get myself to react. I… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed. — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
“When our mental functioning is whittling away and our mind becomes a lame duck, perception does not form the context anymore and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I grow numb; I grow stiff. How shall I break up this numbness which discredits my sympathetic heart? — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“At such moments the collapse of their courage, willpower, and endurance was so abrupt that they felt they could never drag themselves… — Camus Albert Copy Share Image
I felt a kind of numbness, an enervation, but more particularly an odd fragility - as if my body had actually become… — William Styron Copy Share Image
When we look squarely at injustice and get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing guilt… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I turned away from him and went on my way, up the street and about my business. The past was dead. The… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
