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“She waited for him to say something else, suddenly acutely aware, as she'd never been before, that a bed lay directly above them, barely two minutes from where they sat. And, like Strike, she thought, everything I've worked and sacrificed for is in jeopardy if I take this conversation to the wrong place. Our relationship will be forever marred by awkwardness and embarrassment. But worse than that, by far: she was scared of giving herself away. The feelings she'd been denying to Matthew, to her mother, to Ilsa and to herself must remain hidden.”

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Book:Troubled Blood

Source: Troubled Blood

“If flirting or the possibility of romance were more frightening to Claire than being caged with a convict, there was something seriously wrong with her.”

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Book:Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

Source: Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

“Last night I sat at dinner And observed my family Playing Hide and Seek all evening. Today I woke and thought of you About how real you’ve made my life… The only condition? Love itself. Tonight I weep And think of how I love and want and need you. But I don't tell you. No. I am too busy playing Hide and Seek To let you know.”

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Author:Kate McGahan

“Repressing my own feelings became my default mode for moving through the world. I suppose I was driven by the usual causes: fear of intimacy; an intuition that if I really let my feelings flow, I wouldn't like what bubbled up; a fear of vulnerability; and a general social ineptitude.”

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Book:How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

“Healthy people understand that others have the capacity to choose to end relationships and it serves as motivation for them to learn to relate in healthy and loving ways. However, when we are driven by shame, we don't just fear losing a relationship, but we live in terror that if we let anyone really get to know us, we would never be desired, pursued, or loved. In us, that fear can be worked out in the development of unhealthy denial, workaholism, perfectionism, chameleon-type behavior, and sadly, even revictimization... When we live in denial or present a false self out of fear... we will do anything to be accepted by people... When we begin to tell the truth about what happened to us we also begin the process of turning about from this type of idolatry... When we begin to tear away our layers of illegitimate shame... When our own vision is not distorted by our shame we can discern what was our responsibility and what wasn't.”

Source: Growing a Passionate Heart

“This is particularly true of those who "love too much" and those who tend to lose themselves in their relationships. Sometimes our love becomes distorted by our feelings of insecurity and our fear of abandonment. This is the often the case with those who become overly controlling and overly smothering of their partner. Others become emotionally abusive because of their fear of intimacy.”

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Book:The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

Source: The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing