Forced Quote by Polly Barton

“A part of her wanted to stop pushing herself, stop feeling compelled to rise to the occasion of being her best self. She wanted…

— Katherine Morgan Schafler

“The subjects of her talk didn't matter; he knew what she was really saying. Helpless and gentle, small and tired and anxious to please,…

— Richard Yates

“But quitting didn't change what she'd already done. The piece of her past that she'd never be able to outrun.”

— Chris Pavone

“She was sick of all the affect, the self-absorption, the constant preoccupation with themselves and their children. No one she knew had saved the…

— Alexa Steele

“She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.”

— Zora Neale Hurston

“She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.”

— B. Barmanbek

“She had so little control over her own life. Yet she took control, out of thin air for herself, when she could. I”

— Padma Lakshmi

“She had climbed into his turmoil and made herself at home, fixing him one brick at a time from the inside, powerless to stop…

— V. Theia

“She survived it. She was able to survive it, because she did not believe in suffering. She faced with astonished indignation the ugly fact…

— Ayn Rand

“She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain,…

— Thomas Harris

“She was not in control here, and she hated feeling powerless to alter the result.”

— Robert Dugoni

“She was here, and she was stronger than this, harder than this. They could make her hate herself, make her doubt herself, but they…

— Stacia Kane