Rattled Quotes

“Obsessing over something that has jarred your world is called coping.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“I try not to let him know how much his calmness rattles me. It makes me feel as though the knife in my hand, which should lend me authority, isn't enough. It makes me want to hurt him just to convince myself he can be frightened. He's just lost his whole family; I shouldn't be thinking like that.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince