Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“He tried to avoid these thoughts. He had to stand on guard against his own feeling—as if some part of him had become a…

— Ayn Rand

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers

“He could no longer pretend not to have been brought to his knees by her blows, and he could no longer avoid the sentiments…

— Mirella Muffarotto

“He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted…

— Ken Follett

“Admitting to fear was not something which came easily to him. He had been schooled, from almost as soon as he could walk, to…

— Dave Hutchinson

“He had learned a long time ago that some things were worth being afraid of. And some things were not. Things that he had…

— Lee Child

“When he spoke, there was an odd vulnerability to his deep voice. As if he were letting her peek inside one of the dark…

— Lara Adrian

“Like most of the connections that explain the pain in our hearts, he couldn't bring it to mind. He couldn't see the truth because…

— Keith Ablow

“It seemed to him that every time he made one choice in his life, he said no to another. All of those things he…

— Ayana Mathis

“In his heart, he always preferred the actuality of loss to the fear of it.”

— Yukio Mishima

“He'd tried so hard to fight his fear, but there was a something liberating about giving up the battle and recognizing his fear was…

— Marie Sexton

“...he wondered dismally when his heart had been so thoroughly lost to an enemy.”

— P.L. Nunn