Quote by Lauren Groff

“I can't say it. Now, at last, it becomes impossible for me to mouth the words -- I'm fine. I won't say anything.”

— Margaret Laurence

“It's okay. It's going to be okay." Were his words for me or himself?”

— Pam Godwin

“It is one of those moments where there is so much to say that there is nothing to say, no adequate words, anyway, to…

— Deb Caletti

“There were so many things I wanted to say at once if the words would just get out of each other's way. "Fine.”

— Ilona Andrews

“He must be an idiot to feel this way, but there's nothing he can do. He doesn't even know if he can manage to…

— Alice Hoffman

“And about a thousand other things," he says, pausing sometimes between his words, making sure he has them right. I get the sense that…

— Lauren DeStefano

“I am dying now, but I still have many things to say.”

— Roberto Bolaño

“He was quiet. I said nothing, hoping that maybe, for once, he'd stop pretending he was okay. Then I could, too. That we could…

— Megan Hart

“Some things need to be said. And sometimes they require strong words.”

— Jessi Kirby

“and awful. He never had anything to say to me, and I never knew what to say to him. Finally”

— Jenny Han

“I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try.”

— Ava Dellaira

“You asked if I was okay. I'll say I'm okay but really, inside it takes everything that I can do, to not scream and…

— Serenity Lillibridge