Quote by Susan Maushart

“Without realizing it, I had slowly built a habit: a steady resistance to and dread of boredom.”

— Tish Harrison Warren

“I thought how there was a kind of power in being needed. In having a purpose. I could feel it hardening up my bones…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

“Fatigue meant nothing when you actually wanted to suffer.”

— Lev Grossman

“I wasn't prepared for the intensity of it.It was like going from blissful emptiness to experiencing a roller coaster of sensations all at once.”

— Alexandra Adornetto

“In having a purpose. I could feel it hardening up my bones and thickening my blood. I felt older and smarter than anyone else…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

“They succeeded not only in making me normal but also in making me dull .”

— Pat Conroy

“All I wanted was to try and realize whatever was in me. Why was that so difficult?”

— Hermann Hesse

“I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the…

— J.K. Rowling

“...I felt it would push me out of my comfort zone and develop my skills. And that's what it's all about - do something…

— Marlene Mienie

“What was it about being told not to do something that just made you want to do it so much more?”

— T.A. Grey

“I felt dreadfully inadequate. The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn’t thought about it.”

— Sylvia Plath

“We crave ease, but stimulation is what really makes us happy.”

— Eric Barker