“When I write, it isn’t courage I feel. It is terror. But I choose it anyway. I choose to give the trembling a shape. To let it speak, even if my voice falters. And maybe that is all bravery truly is... the choice to move forward, even as one’s hands shake.” WritingFearAnxietyBraveryWriting ProcessFortitudeWriting Quotes Book:The Strange Mercy of Listening Source: The Strange Mercy of Listening
“She is more than an obsession now. She is a religion. And I am her most fervent, most damned disciple. I would sacrifice everything I am, everything I have, for a single drop of her grace.” LoveRomanceLove QuotesObsessionObsessive Love Book:The Strange Mercy of Listening Source: The Strange Mercy of Listening
“He makes solitude sound like a duty, not a punishment. I like that. Because solitude can be so heavy… but also so clean. I think one must learn how to be alone before one can be with anyone else.” LoveLove QuotesSolitudeIndependenceOthersSolitude Quotes Book:The Strange Mercy of Listening Source: The Strange Mercy of Listening