All Quotes By Tag: Compulsion

“Her hands crept around his neck, tangling in his hair to keep him closer, even though she knew that beautiful boys with expiration dates couldn’t be held, only borrowed for a time.”

“Writer: It’s not an occupation; it’s a compulsion.”

“The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle.”

“But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself.”

“Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.”

“It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them.”

“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”

“Love doesn’t come with an on-off switch. It’s made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are.”