Fair trade Quote by J.R. Ward

“All along, he had believed instinctually that his broken heart had something to do with the collapse of culture. He wanted to blame it…

— Sarah Schulman

“I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make…

— Jon Krakauer

“And they didn't like to pay with trust and love, but rather with money and goods. They betrayed each other and expected being betrayed…

— Hermann Hesse

“He'd saved her life and killed her trust. He'd thought it a fair trade, at the time.”

— Alyssa Day

“He laughed at that, which was good. I needed him to understand who was in charge, but didn’t want to beat him down too…

— Barry Eisler

“What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so...simple. She was gone…

— Debbie Macomber

“Maybe love, unfathomable love, was too much for people, so they had traded it for something easier.”

— Gwenn Wright

“He'd sacrifice much for her. He'd do anything she asked of him. He'd pay any price, except one. The price of giving her up.”

— Becky Wade

“It was the right decision. He felt sick about it, but certain. A man sometimes needed to do things that were unpleasant.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“He wanted them both, but there was no having everything, and love couldn't help him now. Nothing could help him but bravery, and what…

— Paula McLain

“It was gratitude that decided the issue, most likely. Human decisions are terribly simple.”

— Milan Kundera

“She had given him up. That was the hard condition of his being and of all commerce between them.”

— David Malouf