Pain Quote by Tarryn Fisher

“This was not me. I was spilling my guts, as some people called it; divulging. It was word vomit and Saphira Elgin had her…

— Tarryn Fisher

“They sat in the companionable awkwardness caused by knowing extremely private things about each other that had never been directly confided.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Some things are private. I mean, we're grown-ups now. You don't share everything.”

— Sophie Kinsella

“It was so bitter and sad, looking for safety in the person least likely to give it to you. Like drinking salt water, she…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

“Granted, I'd waited a long time to hear those words. Would've sold a kidney-maybe two-to have heard them at one point. Now, though...they didn't…

— Kristan Higgins

“If you were careful, if you were a proper part of things, then you could help. You mended what was cracked. You tended to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“I knew then that I would have to be careful. I would have to wear gloves, to leave no trace when I burgled the…

— Janet Frame

“I felt, by turns, numb, hot with a monstrous embarrassment, and sick as though I'd eaten splinters of glass and was slowly shredding inside.”

— Vanora Bennett

“Of course. You were attracted to my allergies and phobias. I’ve always found them ruthless sexual tools.”

— Nora Roberts

“...For it began to occur to him that one way to become private was to respect another's privacy.”

— Jane Yolen

“He was like her favorite type of candy, she realized, a bit sour at first but all sweetness in the long run. Admittedly .…

— Victoria Kahler

“Talk to me. Look up, I thought. But she didn't, only stopped and picked a sprig of alyssum to smell the honey. I cut…

— Janet Fitch