“Writer: It’s not an occupation it’s a compulsion.”— Teresa Nielsen Hayden Related Quotes “We’ve lost a lot of years, but you can’t lose love. Not real love. It stays locked inside you, ready for whenever you are strong enough to find it again.”— Martina Boone “Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”— Plato “Compulsion is the death of friendship, joy.”— Patrick O’Brian