Quote by Tabitha McGowan

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

— Tabitha McGowan

“...what she had been waiting to see on someone else's face was not empathy but the companionship of unmitigated suffering...”

— Sara Foster

“It was hard to accept that she had almost no feelings, maybe none at all, for me as a man. This hurt so bad…

— Haruki Murakami

“...she could go from a blissful euphoria to a desperate misery. She had no control over her emotions.”

— Sidney Sheldon

“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

“It was ridiculous of her to feel so wounded.”

— Anne Tyler

“...she had to content herself with loving and suffering in silence...”

— Paulo Coelho's

“I couldn’t tell anyone how I felt. I had learned not to feel, or at least not to tell anyone about my feelings. It…

— John E. Monaco

“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

“The pain remained. And the fear. That she was so different. A monster.”

— Lisa Jackson

“Refusing to feel hurt also meant she numbed herself to joy, but the sacrifice was worth it.”

— Susan Wiggs

“None of this was real, after all. It was just a refuge in her mind.”

— Stephen King