People know their feelings much sooner than they consciously accept them.

Strength is not in the body, it's in the mind. It doesn't lie in flexing your muscles and crushing those who oppose you. It lies in being the last one standing.

—Leah Raeder in Black Iris

We don't always get closure. Sometimes we have to make our own.

—Leah Raeder in Cam Girl

There's something so terrible about wanting something you've already had. You know exactly what you're missing.

—Leah Raeder in Unteachable

Don't break one girl's heart because you're trying to heal yourself of another one.

—Tarryn Fisher in F*ck Love

Even though I tried to stop feeling things for him, I just couldn't.

—Abbi Glines in Hold On Tight

The dying must often feel this way—steaming along just fine, while on ahead someone has torn up the rails.

—Annie Dillard

I never stopped loving you. I wanted to. It would have been easier. But I can't turn it off with a switch.

—Abbi Glines in Until The End

You know what he taught me? He taught me to feel more. He taught me to give myself over to feelings. And now that's all I have. I'm swamped by them. I can't breathe because I feel so damn much.

—Ellen Sussman in French Lessons