Quote by Saul Bellow

“Mimi collapsed to the ground, as if her heart had imploded in her chest.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She could fade and wither- I didn't care. I would still go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of her.”

— Anonymous

“Pain, like a pinecone unfolding, seemed to blossom beneath her breastbone.”

— Elizabeth Strout

“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.”

— Louise Erdrich

“Her whole body ached; she ached, as if there were a terrible hollow emptiness inside her.”

— Cassandra Clare

“She felt like a bubble; empty on the inside, floating around life, fragile and ready to break.”

— Carla Reighard

“Sometimes things acquire a tenderness, a monstrous tenderness we don’t expect from them.”

— Herta Müller

“She wasn't totally unaware of herself, though. She knew there was pain, but in the same way she knew the sun was hot. It…

— Amber Argyle

“The momentary discomfort was nothing at all compared to the realisation that she was finding refuge in my flawed embrace.”

— Tabitha McGowan

“She hadn't been hurt in any real way, had she? No one had treated her badly. I must just be overly sensitive to things,…

— Haruki Murakami

“...her father was soothed by these attentions, as if pain were an appetite for comforting of just this kind.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“She frowned, thinking of going down there and explaining herself all over again, reliving the horror of finding Mimi’s body and trying not to…

— Sharon Sala