Quote by Megan Abbott

“She hadn’t wanted this and yet deep down inside, she knew that she did, and that was what scared her more than anything.”

— Julie Lessman

“Had she been too hard on her as a girl? Was that why she’d grown up so fearful, somehow, so reluctant to make her…

— Maggie O'Farrell

“His fear came from needing her. It was the danger to her life that frightened him.”

— Anne Osterlund

“He wanted me more than he'd ever wanted anything in his life, but something was holding him back. Something that frightened him.”

— Denise Grover Swank

“What terrified him even more was that he trusted her. And he didn't know what that said about himself.”

— Sarah J. Mass

“Once, he had needed her. He’d leaned on her strength and followed her light. Now, he knew that he could live without her. It…

— Skye Warren

“Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do. She found…

— Adriana Trigiani

“She wasn’t sure, yet, exactly what was at the other end of the fear. But she was finally starting to believe that whatever it…

— Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain

“I was thinking: Girls get scared way too often. Girls get stupidly scared. I was not scared. Telling myself not to be scared kind…

— Tamara Faith Berger

“... but then boys are so strange with their toys. Especially those accustomed to losing things. They hold on more tightly than the rest.”

— Victoria Aveyard

“...she was so afraid of everything that she made it impossible to really enjoy anything at all.”

— Lemony Snicket

“She’d always been one of those girls who wanted what anyone else had, even if she didn’t want it.”

— Gillian Flynn