Quote by Donna Tartt

“Unconsciously, I had prepared the perfect trap in which to catch and hold my soul.”

— Dirk Benedict

“I felt limp and betrayed, like the skin shed by a terrible animal. It was a relief to be free of the animal, but…

— Sylvia Plath

“There was no way out; not, at least, in this direction. I was like a hamster that had climbed to the top of the…

— Alan Bradley

“He reached up with his free arm for them, not for help, but in a vulture-like claw, grasping for a morsel of living flesh.”

— Perrin Briar

“I had often tried to get out of your room, having travelled all the way there. It frightened me to be caught in a…

— Sarah Ferguson

“I let go and stepped through. Right into a free fall.”

— Kiersten White

“He felt the same way about pulling teeth as he did about amputating limbs, hating to take away something he was never going to…

— Noah Gordon

“He pushed his mind through and pulled his body after.”

— trans. by Robert Bringhurst Skaay

“Whatever they were, they were living their lives, out there doing it, making their mistakes. Somehow I'd gotten stuck along the way […] and…

— Paula McLain

“Slowly, painfully, I let go. It was like prying my own fingers off the edge of the cliff. And that hurt too-particularly the falling…

— Robin McKinley

“She realised that letting someone go was setting them free.”

— Lisa Scottoline

“I contemplated this undeniable path we had both stepped onto and rushed along without much planning, without enough caution or judgment.  And there it…

— S.J. Wright