Karen Marie Moning Quote

I always thought fainting showed an inherent weakness of character, but I understood it now. It was an act of self-preservation. Confronted by emotion too extreme to handle, the body shuts down to keep from running around like a chicken with its head cut off, potentially injuring itself.

Shadowfever: Fever: (ed. Hachette UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9780575108592