Five years Quote by Becky Wade

“Was that hard-hearted? Well, so what if it was. She'd been through enough to harden anyone. It was none of her choosing; all she'd…

— Emma Donoghue

“She believed in the miraculous. Or she had, until she reached an age when, all of a sudden, she realized that the life she…

— Robert Goolrick

“The pain broke through the skin, dismantled her pores, and ate away at everything that was once strong. She was laid bare with nothing…

— J. Autherine

“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

“Long ago she'd clamped an iron shell around her heart and nothing and no one could pry it lose, but deep inside the tender…

— Sarah Sundin

“No matter how hard she tried to maintain her calm and collected persona, she knew it was all a ruse. All she wanted to…

— Cristiane Serruya

“She was a clay pot, and she’d been broken in pieces. There used to be something inside her, and now that it had spilled…

— Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

She was tough in the best sense of the word. She'd taken blows, the disappointments, and had worked her way through them. Some people,…

— Nora Roberts

“She was the living, breathing proof that the hard things in life didn't have to defeat you - or even define you.”

— Susan Wiggs

“As her life choked away beneath the tightness , in a strange way she welcomed the physical pain over the anguished years of mental affliction.”

— Patricia Gibney

“hurt inside her hardened. She”

— Joan G. Robinson

“...she had developed such a quiet comfort in his presence, like all the hurt of the world couldn't touch her. Yet, every once in…

— Sibylla Matilde