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“I wanted more than anything to connect to someone. I wanted to feel alive again. I just felt dead inside. I could understand how…

— J M Northup

“It was terrifying to realize life goes on without you.”

— Courtney King Walker

“Ah, yes. There it was. That warmth I’d been craving ... The air between us suddenly became charged and primed. One little spark was…

— Kate SeRine

“A small, inexplicable part of me was scared, right from the start - of counting on someone, of trusting that he'd always be there…

— Laura Dave

“Possibility. Was that all that it took to feel alive? Could it be that it wasn’t getting the thing you desire itself but the…

— Lise McClendon

“How could he have wanted someone so desperately for so long and then be this terrified when he finally saw him again?”

— Brandon Shire

“I knew it was going to be a process for us to put things behind us, but I was willing to be patient. When…

— Nicole Jacquelyn

“I’m terrified to need it … to need you”

— Ruby Rowe

“Sometimes it doesn’t take much. The things everyone else takes for granted go deeper for those who are traumatized.”

— M.K. Schiller

“He wanted me more than he'd ever wanted anything in his life, but something was holding him back. Something that frightened him.”

— Denise Grover Swank

“You were just a caretaker. They didn't have to feel what you felt; they just had to be supported in feeling what they felt.”

— George Saunders

“I was terrified of him but at the same time wanted him to desire me. I wanted him to care for me and protect…

— Lydia Kelly