Quote by Erik Larson

“The tension is making him practically vibrate.”

— Bethany Griffin

“The sharp, superficial pain at being spoken to unkindly had obscured the deeper pain, which had not yet turned into something hard and heavy.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“The girl might have an unsettling crying problem, but she was pure steel.”

— Sarah Rees Brennan

“I feel like a tuning fork, vibrating with an unfamiliar will to violence.”

— Teju Cole

“All reality about me now appeared to be in tatters, taken down and reduced to the civil war of its particles. I held on…

— Sebastian Faulks

“Her muscles began to tremble in uncontrolled waves. She wanted to scream, but it felt as if one couldn't truly be loud enough to…

— SF Lazorro from "Necessary Tension

“Yes, I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel I will never fear for I will never feel.”

— Hal Ketchum

“Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like; it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing.”

— Bryant McGill

“How could a feeling that leaves you so hollow be a pain that is so sharp?”

— Miguel Syjuco

“Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is scared, son.”

— Walter M. Miller Jr

“The pain the mere thought of that caused was intense.”

— Zoe Burton

“my body would cry from all it felt and all it couldn't.”

— David Levithan