Quote by Jodi Picoult

“She could have lived in comfort, but I doubt if it occurred to her to try.”

— Mavis Gallant

“And the feeling I had was not of wanting her so much as being surrounded by her, blundering inside her life without having moved.”

— Jennifer Egan

“She didn’t want to try to explain that she was always disoriented, that she never, ever felt truly comfortable, even in her own home.…

— Ameera Al Hakawati

“she might have been pretty when she started out, but the world had moved on since then.”

— Stephen King

“In that moment, she had felt like there wasn't a place in the world he wouldn't go with her, and she couldn't think of…

— Kaye Thornbrugh

“There were places, she now saw, that contained more happiness than ordinary places did. Unless you knew that such places existed, you might be…

— Matthew Thomas

“She was afraid of getting too close to anyone. To her, closeness represented a loss rather than a gain.”

— Mitsuyo Kakuta

“Circumstances might be hard enough that maybe you need to find the little comforts, even if they aren’t good for you.”

— wildbow

“She had to have gone elsewhere... but elsewhere is a big place.”

— George R.R. Martin

“ Story of my life , she thought miserably. She was never willing to put herself out there.”

— Kimberly Derting

“And she wouldn't be there. She'd be off somewhere he'd never find her. That was the nature of the woman he loved, to be…

— Phil Jourdan

“She discovered that the most comfortable position in society was slightly off to the side...”

— Soledad Puertolas