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“Yes, that was the unbearable thing: having to go on, after your life has been ripped apart, while you struggle to understand how in…

— Clare Curzon

“with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken.”

— Jay Asher

“I knew clearly that I could not rebuild my life or put it back together in any way. I had no idea what might…

— Jeanette Winterson

“I knew that feeling, the sense of panic that stretched time, turning seconds into years, and the deep pain that came from being hurt…

— Lissa Price

“When the world you're used to, that same old world you thought you knew so well, turns itself suddenly upside down, what can you…

— Natalie Babbitt

“A strange mixture of disbelief and complete trust washed over me. On the one hand, I had no way to explain what had just…

— Larry Gottlieb

“My world has changed so much. Everything around me has perceptibly shifted in a direction I hadn’t seen coming. The people around me, the…

— Cacey Hopper

“It felt like I'd taken everything for granted up until right now, when suddenly my entire world and all in it became precious and…

— Sarah Dessen

“have you ever had anything happen to you that changed your life completely? Some event where afterward the world became a totally different place…

— Liu Cixin

“one of those twinges of surreal nostalgia that make you acutely aware of all the living you’ve done and how the choices you’ve made…

— Blake Crouch

“If I could understand everything the way I do now, I could make it all--and then it just stopped. Leaving me with that feeling…

— Jeff Parker

“I stand on the sidewalk, rooted to the spot. I know the moment I walk in that door, everything will change. The world I…

— Melissa Toppen