Quote by Tillie Olsen

“She wondered if any of them had truly understood the cost of what they were asking of each other.”

— Lorraine Heath

“There was money enough... but she asked so much of life, in ways so complex and immaterial. He thought of her as walking bare-footed…

— Edith Wharton

“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was…

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

“He had a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must,…

— Edith Wharton

“Goodness is more about trying to save those you love. Regardless of the cost.”

— Hannah F. Whitten

“What do you mean, costly?”

— Suzanne Collins

“But at the end of the day, everything I do costs me. The only question is how much.”

— Tabitha McGowan

“She had wild eyes, slightly insane. She also carried an overload of compassion that was real enough and which obviously cost her something.”

— Charles Bukowski

“He'd sacrifice much for her. He'd do anything she asked of him. He'd pay any price, except one. The price of giving her up.”

— Becky Wade

“She was all the world’s money, and I would spend it with her, my sharpest friend who changed the tide, my only comfort from…

— Daniel Handler

“She was his world now, and he’d do what he could to protect it. No matter the cost.”

— Carrie Ann Ryan

“that nothing will ever make sense again, but we still need to seek goodness wherever we go. She”

— Abby Fabiaschi