Delusion Quote by Richard Yates

“The hell with "love" anyway, and with every other phony, time-wasting, half-assed emotion in the world.”

— Richard Yates

“And heaven help him, there was that pain again, the one that pierced him to his very marrow and started all that emotion bleeding…

— Norah Wilson

“He loved her beyond earth, heaven, or hell. Every moment out of her company was agony; every moment with her was the only peace…

— Lisa Kleypas

“He was so fucking in love with her that he felt sick and empty when she wasn’t around and so unbelievably happy when he…

— R.L. Mathewson

“So love—aside from being pointless—was agony. Love was a soul-eating demon. Love was the most terrible feeling in the world.”

— J.T. Geissinger

“Pain laughed giddily at the thought, for love brought its own brand of torment. Lots and lots of torment. In the heart, the soul.…

— Gena Showalter

“There it was, that dreaded word: love. I did not want to be loved, that was the burden. Unwanted love was the greatest burden…

— Margaret George The Autobiography of Henry VIII

“His thoughts are unfathomable & her emotions are all over the place. Oh! The tragedy of Love.”

— Ankita Singhal

“He wanted to protect her and fuck her and comfort her and destroy her all at once. The chaos of his emotions coiled around…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“Love is for those who know the griefs of time, for it goes hand in hand with loss. An eternity, so burdened, would be…

— Katherine Arden

“She had never been in love before. She'd tried to save herself the pain, but all her pretending and hiding the truth from herself…

— Melanie Dickerson

“That they were left with only this--this awkward, prearranged meet-up, this terrible silence--seemed almost more than she could bear, and the unfairness of it…

— Jennifer E. Smith