Quote by J.R. Ward

“The pain was the risk of commitment. But nothing worth having could be had without risk.”

— Dean Koontz

“I'd no room left in me for thinking of trifling things. I could feel fear start up and try to take down my rage,…

— Anna Freeman

“At some point, I finally realized that stress made a really bad companion... so I had it pack its shit and leave.”

— Steve Maraboli

“You were still vulnerable, furious at everything and in love with it at once.”

— ava dellaira

“It was easier than I expected, maybe because I was too angry and too afraid to really pay attention to what I was doing.…

— Seanan McGuire

“But I knew it was pure masturbation, because down in my gut I wanted nothing more than a clean bed and a bright room…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“I sat there thinking this had to be the pits. I was afraid that I had become fed up with life, that I would…

— Erlend Loe

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

— Zoe Burton

“I wasn't prepared for the intensity of it.It was like going from blissful emptiness to experiencing a roller coaster of sensations all at once.”

— Alexandra Adornetto

“Contemplation, rather than action; that seemed to be my lot in life, and I was ashamed of it even as I craved it.”

— Melanie Benjamin

“The only guilt you should ever feel is from not trying.”

— Harley A. Rotbart

“He chanced to be in a lucid critical mood, and would not sympathize with exaltation.”

— E.M. Forster