A-court-of-thorns-and-roses Quote by Sarah J. Maas

“But it had grown into something else, something that thrilled me even as it frightened me, made me feel that I had finally cracked…

— Jon Fasman

“We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The…

— Roger Waters

“For years I'd been trying to forget..., locking it up and burying it deep in my memory. The journey... had shattered that, bringing it…

— Benedict Jacka

“He felt as if he’d dived into a deep, clear lake and discovered it was a shallow, knee-deep pond. What did you do? Well,…

— Celeste Ng

“Underwater, bubbles erupted before my eyes as a swift hand snatched my arm and pulled me to the surface. I gasped for air, coughing…

— Laura Kreitzer

“At Blackwater Pond At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a…

— Mary Oliver

“I was like a whirlpool of tragedy, and anybody who dared to get too close to me could get sucked in and drown. Like…

— Victoria Laurie

“Sunk in the mud, it took all my strength to flip it over. I lifted out the oar and inspected the bottom for holes…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“I had feared that if I opened the floodgates I would drown. But as the waves crashed over me, I was not consumed, I…

— Amy Harmon

“In the most extreme cases, I would pull a big pair of glasses out of my pocket and carefully slide them up my nose,…

— Marie Nimier

“For the entirety of my young and skittish life, I had fixated upon my fear as if it were the most interesting thing about…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I just know that when I’m walking on the wafer-thin ice of happiness, I’m terrified, so terrified that I wish it was over, that…

— Jo Nesbø