--- title: "8 Times Felt Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Times Felt quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Times Felt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/ray-dalio-299_computers_during-those-terrible-days-after-9-11-wh_34734.jpg" --- > [“During those terrible days after 9/11, when the whole country was being whipsawed by emotion, or the weeks between September 19 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/during-those-terrible-days-after-9-11-when-the-whole-country-was/) [Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/ray-dalio-299_computers_during-those-terrible-days-after-9-11-wh_34734.jpg) > [“Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/those-times-against-all-expectations-were-turning-out-to-be-good/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/carlos-ruiz-zafon-126_good-times_those-times-against-all-expectations-wer_187558.jpg) > [He asked himself those some questions too many times and felt the fears again that kept him where he was](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-johnson/he-asked-himself-those-some-questions-too-many-times-and-felt-the/) [Spencer Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/spencer-johnson-14998_asked_he-asked-himself-those-some-questions-to_352054.png) > [“That time I thought I was in love and calmly said so was not much different from the time I was truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dunn/that-time-i-thought-i-was-in-love-and-calmly-said-so-was-not-much/) [Stephen Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/stephen-dunn-15620_love_that-time-i-thought-i-was-in-love-and-ca_619989.png) > [“Sometimes my life here felt like a cage where I could never escape the pain. At other times it felt like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-castle/sometimes-my-life-here-felt-like-a-cage-where-i-could-never-escape/) [Jennifer Castle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-castle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/jennifer-castle-22915_life_sometimes-my-life-here-felt-like-a-cage_739280.jpg) > [I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-s-fletcher/i-devoted-myself-to-writing-for-years-without-representation-or-a/) [Geoffrey S. Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-s-fletcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/geoffrey-s-fletcher-22477_about_i-devoted-myself-to-writing-for-years-wi_1083439.png) > [“Sometimes I felt like I was running from somewhere, but other times I felt like I was running to somewhere. (178)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blackburn/sometimes-i-felt-like-i-was-running-from-somewhere-but-other-times-i/) [Wendy Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blackburn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/wendy-blackburn-36175_time_sometimes-i-felt-like-i-was-running-from_1865263.jpg) > [It was one of those times when I felt a terrible sense of loss again, even though this time I didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-bokhari/it-was-one-of-those-times-when-i-felt-a-terrible-sense-of-loss-again/) [Sara Bokhari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-bokhari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/sara-bokhari-31913_first-place_it-was-one-of-those-times-when-i-felt-a_2787517.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/times-felt/#itemlist", "name": "Times Felt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“During those terrible days after 9/11, when the whole country was being whipsawed by emotion, or the weeks between September 19 and October 10, 2008, when the Dow fell 3,600 points, there were times I felt like hugging our computers. 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