Fears Quote by Maggie Shipstead

“She doesn’t realize that she becomes so involved in him that she loses herself, and in the process, she risks losing him as well.”

— Sherry Argov

“She would love him so hard, so completely, so openly and without fear that the universe would shudder at her recklessness.”

— Lexi George

“The truth is, I don't want to be disappointed again. Not by someone else's shortcomings, and especially not by my own.”

— Jodi Picoult

“As he watches the sun rise, what grieves him is that he failed her. He thinks of the terror she felt. They tell him…

— Nancy Horan

“She lost herself in infinite dismay when she thought of the magnitude of his deception.”

— Henry James

“I pity, approve, respect, admire her, but I neither desire her company, nor am greatly concerned about her destiny, and she makes me impatient…

— A.C. Bradley

“Things with her, he says, were a disaster in slow motion.”

— Eula Biss

“She had no idea when she'd stopped loathing him so much.”

— Sarah J. Mass

“He knew in that moment that falling in love with her would destroy him, and so he decided at once that he would do…

— Ash Gray

“Lack of control, he once told her, was worse than anything in the world.”

— Cristina Alger

“It frightens him to think of her this way. It makes her seem, in terms of love, so vast.”

— John Updike

“It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.”

— Larry McMurtry