Maybe he stomped on my vagina and I’m pissed about it.”…

“She wondered if everyone could smell it on her. It smelled like death and coffee, like lilies and dirt, and it permeated her.”

— R.L. Griffin

“She’s the wire and you are the bolt cutters I needed.”

— R.L. Griffin

“She was hard, numb. The hardness had come about recently, spreading through her brain and chest. She worried that if she were hit hard…

— R.L. Griffin

“She was held together by a thread. Not even a strong fishing wire, but the kind of thread that could fray and break in…

— R.L. Griffin

“I don’t get paid to be nice. I get paid to be right.”

— R.L. Griffin

“Seamlessly?” Stella’s laugh escaped her mouth and it was bitter and hard. “That may be an appropriate statement, because in order to look seamless,…

— R.L. Griffin

“Time makes things tolerable. Time gives you perspective on events that shake your world to the core. Time allows you to move forward. But…

— R.L. Griffin

“I think you may be right.” Stella thought for a minute he had read her thoughts. Then he said, “Best regret ever.” Jamie”

— R.L. Griffin

“It's just that I love you and I can't seem to get past it." He smiled down at her. "You're really hard to love,…

— R.L. Griffin

“Perfection is something everyone strives for, but it’s elusive and may be an illusion.”

— R.L. Griffin

“I want to be in the eye of the storm, holding your hand, and if you get sucked into it, I want to go…

— R.L. Griffin

“Why keep putting yourself back together if you’re just going to keep breaking apart?”

— R.L. Griffin

“Hatred had invaded her entire being; every cell in her body had hatred in it. She wondered if everyone could smell it on her.…

— R.L. Griffin

“I’m going to fight. I’m going to fight for you. You need to remember that.”

— R.L. Griffin

“You're holding her hand because you want to; She's holding yours because she needs to.”

— R.L. Griffin