Quote by Simon Van Booy

“He carried too much weight, a weight he was always mindful of, that must be present in his life at all times.”

— Jeff VanderMeer

“I want to fall into him. I want to let someone else carry this weight, even if just for a little bit. But it's…

— Brigid Kemmerer

“What he carried with him, all he carried with him, was a lack, something like a lack of air, of proper behavior in his…

— Alice Munro

“You weren't heavy at all...the only weight you carry is on your shoulders. I wish I could carry it for you.”

— Augusten Burroughs

“Humans weren’t made to carry someone else’s weight. We can barely lift our own.”

— Tarryn Fisher

“Her naiveté would be the first thing vanquished by the hard, heavy weight between his legs.”

— Pam Godwin

“Whatever burden it was that she was carrying around, I wanted to carry it for her.”

— Colleen Hoover

“I so desperately wanted to be his gravity, to hold him on this earth and keep him from leaving me.”

— Whitney Barbetti

“What is heavy? so asks the spirit that would bear much, and then kneels down like the camel, and wants to be well laden.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“That is how life is, it gives us burdens to carry and doesn’t give a damn about the weight. We shoulder it or we…

— Alessandra Torre

“I had a burden lift off me that I hadn't even felt the heaviness of until then, and it was the burden of having…

— Jane Smiley

“I might only come up to his shoulder, but god damn would I make bending down worth his while.”

— Kylie Scott