Fraught Quotes

“You wondered, when she came along, if this was what most people got to experience in their lives: a straight line from want to satisfaction; desire manifested and satisfied in reasonable succession. This had never been the case before; it had always been fraught. How many times had you said, 'If I just looked a little different, I'd be drowning in love'? Now you got to drown without needing to change a single cell. Lucky you.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“In such a fraught political climate, I think the danger of any unbalancing factor is multiplied tenfold.”
― Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga

“A fraught life may be full or dangerous, it depends on one’s attitude.”
― Tom Harpole, Regarding Willingness