Oh god Quote by Thomas Pynchon

“Couldn’t she see that they were all dying, that everything was futile, that the only thing to do was to live and drink and…

— Lev Grossman

“She sucked in air as if the only reason for her to breathe was to expel pain.”

— Patrick E. McLean

“Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“There would always be a void. And my shoulders shook with relief that I didn’t have to fill it.”

— Amanda Sun

“Finally, the water level topped off, leaving him with no more air to breathe. He drew his last breath and slipped down deep into…

— Wyatt Michael

“She wrote sniffing back the tears that flowed over the version of things that her unconscious insisted on sicking up.”

— Helen Hodgman

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

— Cassandra Clare

“She wasn't going to sit down and patiently wait for a miracle to help her. She was going to rush into life and wrest…

— Margaret Mitchell

“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

“She grew silent, waded in the shallows, heard the sigh and suck of the water, knew the terrible emptiness of her open hands.”

— Wendy Wallace

“But one day, she swore, she'd breathe light and color back into the dimness that had diminished her life.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“He ate up her pain. She loved the darkness in his eyes, the pleasure he gave her, the way he stopped to watch when…

— Cari Silverwood