Fall apart Quote by Charlene Hartnady

“Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away. She didn't know which way to go.”

— Toni Morrison

“I’m glad you feel that way.” His breath tickled my jaw line before he ran his tongue along it. “But I’m sorry about your…

— Magan Vernon

“Even worse, there was a smell. Musky and warm, like old blood. It made his throat close, and he wanted to wretch.”

— Victor LaValle

“Suppose it was painful," she whispers. "All that broken skin." She has been so steely I can almost forget she's in mourning.”

— Lauren DeStefano

“With what I thought was my last breath, I told him not to hurt her, and hoped he had heard my weak voice.”

— Rebekkah Ford

“...the past was so painful at any point. It seared and burned.”

— Theodore Dreiser

“His heart hurt, like it was being squeezed in an iron fist. He heard some kind of sound come out of his throat, and…

— Susan Fanetti

“It was not an easy thing to explain, and she burst into quite authentic tears that came from the confusion of conflicting emotions. Distress…

— Kristin Cashore

“There was another tear streaming down his windblown cheek and as he replied she lifted the handkerchief in her hand and wiped it away,…

— Alice McDermott

“all this pain. all this crying. it wasn't that she hadn't expected it. she just underestimated it. it felt like a heavy, dark blanket…

— Elizabeth Noble

“I held him to my breast, arms tight around the broad, shaking shoulders, and my own tears fell on his hair, making small dark…

— Diana Gabaldon

“She felt him smile against her neck and bit down, the sensation sending shivers through her. “Bad girl. If you keep doing that, I’ll…

— Katherine McIntyre