Home / Quotes / Quote by Sonya Hartnett

Quote by Sonya Hartnett

“My life was pouring out my feet and seeping through cracks in the floor; yet still I knelt and did not move, for fear she'd let go my hands. Let me stay, I wanted to beg: Please don't make me go.”

Quote by Sonya Hartnett

Author

Sonya Hartnett is an acclaimed Australian author of children's literature, known for her profound emotional depth and rich imagination. Her works have won numerous awards and are celebrated for their engaging storytelling and insightful exploration of social issues. more

You May Also Like

“That's all my grandfather was guilty of, fear, faith in his words, but that was a high crime in her eyes. That's all Jack was guilty of that day, but I've lived with him a good while and I believe I understand him. Sometimes it might take an afternoon or evening of being here in this kitchen alone, thinking, but I can usually come to see his reasons through his ways. And half the job of finding peace is finding understanding. Don't you believe it to be so?”

Thinking Way Believe I Can Sometimes Reason Might Eye Jobs I Believe Fear Understanding Half Crime Findings Guilty Evening Kitchen Afternoon Grandfather Her Eyes My Grandfather Finding Peace

Author:Kaye Gibbons

“If our greatest fear is to sink away alone and unremembered, the brutality that time will inflict upon each of us will always run stronger than any river's murky waves.”

Ifs Running Fear Rivers Stronger Wave Brutality Greatest Fear Our Greatest Fear

Book:Ilustrado

Source: Ilustrado

“There's no use wasting are energy being afraid of the devils, demons and things that go bump in the night... Because ultimately we'll never encounter anything more terrifying than the monster among us. Hell is where we make it.”

Use Night Energy Fear Hell Devil Monsters Encounters Demon Bumps Being Afraid

Author:Dean Koontz

“I wanted this to be a movie on TV so I could press the off button and make it all go away.”

Wanted Fear Tvs Presses Going Away Buttons

Book:Dark Kiss

Source: Dark Kiss

“The question I've asked more often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I supposed these questions storm cloud over every marriage: What are you thinking how are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?”

Ifs Thinking Persons Done Feelings Fear Answers Clouds Storm Loud Storm Clouds

Author:Gillian Flynn

“If you are forced to confront your fears on a daily basis, they disintegrate, like illusions when viewed up close. Maybe being always protected made me more fearful, and I would later dip cautiously into the outside world, never allowing myself to be submerged completely, and always jerking back into the familiarity of my own life when my senses were overwhelmed. For years I would stand with a foot in each sphere, drawn to the exotic universe that lay on the other side of the portal, wrenched back by the warnings that sounded like alarm bells in my mind.”

Source: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

“I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.”

Fear Hurt Drunk

Author:Chavela Vargas

“Avoiding life, avoiding making any concrete plans for your life-that's just one way you're pretending you can keep bad things from happening to you again.”

Way Fear Plans Happenings One Way Just One Bad Things Pretending Concrete Avoiding You Again Avoiding Life

Book:Going Underground

Source: Going Underground

“Bang bang bang. I understand now why so many horror movies use that device-the mysterious knock on the door-because it has the weight of a nightmare. You don't know what's out there, yet you know you'll open it. You'll think what I think: No one bad ever knocks.”

Thinking Knows Use Fear Doors Horror Weight Mysterious Nightmare Devices Bangs

Book:Gone Girl: A Novel

Source: Gone Girl: A Novel

“I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.”

Thinking Fear Losing

Author:Ashly Lorenzana