“She felt invisible shackles snaking around her wrists and ankles, took a deep breath and said……” — Taylor Stevens Creativity Copy Share Image
“There’s no such thing as truth, that’s what I learned,” she said. “Only opinions people want you to believe as truth.” — Taylor Stevens Truth Copy Share Image
“The pain on the inside is what keeps you human,' she said. 'Never forget that.” — Taylor Stevens Compassion Copy Share Image
“... people were inevitably superficial and reacted differently to poison when it was aesthetically pleasing.” — Taylor Stevens Poison Copy Share Image
Where I am today is my starting point. Who I am today is my starting point. My failures and successes of the… — Taylor Stevens Failure Copy Share Image
“Hope. The activity of the impotent. His was a world of action, of relying on his own wits and ability to create… — Taylor Stevens Hope Copy Share Image
“Welcome to the world of difficult choices. You’re doing a brave thing, Neeva, but it only counts if the ones you love… — Taylor Stevens Choices Copy Share Image
“And like the randomness of life’s chaos, the decision to let him live was a coin toss. Just as she currently fought… — Taylor Stevens Hope for the best Copy Share Image
It feels better there. In real life you can eventually learn to deal with the pain and trauma, learn to cope on… — Taylor Stevens Collapse Copy Share Image
“One foot in front of the other, more aimless than direct, Bradford left the waiting room for the outside world. Called for… — Taylor Stevens Aimlessness Copy Share Image
“If he touches me, I’ll kill him.” Rattle on a snake, a dog’s growl to prevent a bite, her warning was meant… — Taylor Stevens History Copy Share Image
“Revenge is best left to fantasy,” Munroe said. “It feels better there. In real life you can eventually learn to deal with… — Taylor Stevens Death Copy Share Image
“No," Natan said. "That would be altruistic. There is no such thing, not even for Mother Teresa." He jabbed his finer at… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“Lumani had never managed a failed delivery because, in the end, no matter how skilled or how hard they fought back, pressure… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“But people like the doll guy who sells women and the dog guy who buys women, and other guys who, say, rape… — Taylor Stevens Crime Copy Share Image
“By the time they passed Malindi in the early-afternoon hours, Munroe could feel the syntax, the grammar, the resonance of patterns of… — Taylor Stevens Every moment Copy Share Image
“Bradford paused and his expression shadowed. He pulled her back and held her tight. Whispered, “Don’t say it, okay? I know what’s… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“You repay the debt,” he said. “That should be more than enough." “What if I disagree? And what if, after all your… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“Clothing, hair, shoes, accessories: these were props, visual cues, that people used to filter information and make instant assessments out of random… — Taylor Stevens Body language Copy Share Image
“Why are you dressed as a man?" Neeva said. "Why do you act like..." She paused. "Why do you act like... like… — Taylor Stevens Abuse Copy Share Image
“Slumped to the floor. The pit of blackness welcomed her to let go and fall into the murky depths where conscience and… — Taylor Stevens End result Copy Share Image
“With a boot on his chest, she used her free hand to search for the syringe he surely carried. Found it. Jabbed… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“This doll-guy situation is an extreme of what I deal with in everyday life, where men believe that what they want I… — Taylor Stevens Crime Copy Share Image
“Vanessa Michael Munroe was a killer with a predator’s natural instincts; she could take care of herself. What scared him—terrified him—was what… — Taylor Stevens Nature Copy Share Image
“Arben was large. Strong. Armed. And these, his strengths, were his greatest weaknesses. Brute force and the ability to control others through… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“She hovered above the mental abyss, kept from falling by force of will. Shut out the world by descending into darkness, the… — Taylor Stevens Darkness Copy Share Image
“Do not let her hear your language, the source had said, she will use language as a weapon. Keep the area around… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“The aloneness. The invisible walls. Always the outsider looking in. Different. Unusual. I despise their world and the superficiality of it all… — Taylor Stevens Aloneness Copy Share Image
“This was home: running along a razor's edge of self-induced terror, calculating mortality against probability. Assignments were the reprieve. When she was… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
Munroe stared at the sky. Cursed her weakness, her inability to block out what it would mean to knowingly deliver the innocent… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
