“It must sound, I know, as if I had no pity for him; it wasn't true. I was angry because I was terrified. But there are times when a curse is more bracing than an endearment.” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“Anger and shame laced with loneliness spread throughout her, heating her to the core. Self-pity wasn’t something Bess would normally succumb to, but things in the past few months had fallen apart, and there was no one there to help… — Inger Iversen Copy Share Image
