Cynical Quote by Lisa Kleypas

She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her

— Anonymous

“She looked not so much composed as drawn inward. She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible…

— Azar Nafisi

Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort.

— Anne Rice

She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.

— Azar Nafisi

It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and…

— Jane Austen

“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single…

— Ayn Rand

She'd been acutely aware that terror, betrayal, and cruelty had a human face, but she had not sufficiently appreciated that courage, kindness, and love…

— Dean Koontz

“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“She had lost her compassion for people and a thick crust of indifference had formed around her feelings - that disgust that afflicts the…

— Alaa Al Aswany

“Her feelings of fear and helplessness had reached such a pitch that they were suddenly transformed into their opposites. Having overcome them, she felt…

— Michael Ende

“She yearned to be admired, and feared to be insulted; and yet seemed tragically conscious that she was destined to miss both these extremes…

— Edith Wharton

“When one was with her she could almost persuade one that there was something cowardly and despicable in any emotional dodging, in any refusal…

— Caroline Blackwood