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“And the feeling I had was not of wanting her so much as being surrounded by her, blundering inside her life without having moved.”

— Jennifer Egan

“But although she interacted with so many people during the day, no one could actually say that they were close to her. There is…

— Heather O'Neill

“Yet he was still shaken by fading echoes of his fear that she might flee. Losing her would be very . . . personal.”

— Josie Litton

“She would not take more risks than she could help, and it was admiration, not love, that she wanted.”

— Edith Wharton

“She was not in the least afraid of loneliness, because she was not afraid of devils. I think they were afraid of her.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“To interact with others exposed the fear that she had nothing of interest to say. She”

— Amanda Prowse

“...she had so many people she took for granted, all the time. She had never needed to be truly afraid before. There had always…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“(Or maybe she was just more afraid of being like everyone else.)”

— Rainbow Rowell

“I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong. ”

— Atticus

“...a closeness that felt sorry and cheap the minute she walked out of the room.”

— Don DeLillo

“And that was part of the tragedy: I had just started to know her. I was mourning the relationship that could have blossomed but…

— Sy Montgomery

“People who would be that close to her, she thought, a matter of a few arms' lengths, looking, looking, and they would never know…

— Susan Vreeland