“From cold or horror I could not speak. The sodden blanket was heavy, the coldness in my heart flowed out and turned the whole world cold—there was no warm place. The thoughts I had frozen in order not to feel them grew monstrous, freezing everything else.” MindFearSadnessSurvivalFrozen Book:Listening at the Gate Source: Listening at the Gate
“The high fear was over, and nothing was left but the fear that never stops, the one that asks and asks, *How shall I stay alive today?*” FearAliveSurvival Book:Roadsouls Source: Roadsouls
“What followed her stayed just out of sight in the woods and deep grasses. It was quiet. She was not sure what it waited for; it ought to have eaten her before she had walked so far with nothing but grubs for dinner. Her arms looked narrow, and even her hurt wrist looked thin. She thought, At my right hand Raím follows me in the mountain. He is a ghost; I am becoming a ghost. When I have walked to the end of the mountain he will be there, and I shall lie down against his shoulder, and stop walking, and be safe.” LoveLifeDeathFearSurvivalSurrenderGhost Book:Roadsouls Source: Roadsouls