Abusive-relationships Quote by Pernell Plath Meier

“While she was glad that these bouts of anxiety no longer overwhelmed her, it also meant she was getting comfortable here, and that scared…

— Nicholas Sparks

“Anxiety was merely another brand of her usual considered thought, after all, just one that refused to go away when she asked it nicely…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“...deep inside she wondered--feared--what it would take to break her.”

— Allison Brennan

“She liked it so much when I did that, decided what she should wear. I thought about how hard she had been trying to…

— Isabella Starling

“She was having an attack of knuckleheaded anxiety. Those attacks last a long time.”

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“Fear is really quite tedious. She wanted to be rid of it as soon as possible.”

— Jim Butcher

“Before she'd worn her first black dress, fear had splintered into a hundred pieces inside her, and each one turned into a painful ulcer.…

— Cindy Woodsmall

“She unconsciously pulled her sticky shirt away from her skin and grimaced, as if sweating through her clothes was distasteful.”

— J.R. Rain

“... a nervous, undernourished girl who continually looked down the front of her gown as though there was some sort of construction project going…

— Philip Roth

“Of late, she had felt coldness in herself, and though she feared it, she loved it too, for it made her strong.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“A sudden, superstitious fear chilled her skin. She was too happy. Happiness this intense couldn’t last. Something was bound to happen.”

— Thea Harrison

“She was dressed like she wanted people to look at her. Or maybe like she didn't get what a mess she was.”

— Rainbow Rowell