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“He moved around the wide counter, silent as always. She was sitting on the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees, her fist in…

— Anne Stuart

“It started at her mouth with just a wobble, a tremble of her lips. Then her hands joined in, fingers shaking until she had…

— Kennedy Ryan

“She cried and her tears fell in the wrong direction. Not down over the light of her cheeks to the corners of her mouth,…

— Cheryl Strayed

“He saw it in her eyes. The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. She knew. It…

— Brandon Sanderson

“She strode away, steeling both her heart and her belly against the hurt. It wasn’t just the body, she thought, that could shatter. And…

— J.D. Robb

“Crying was a sign of weakness. She would not be weak. Not in front of him. She pressed the heels of her hands against…

— Terri Reed

“Suppose it was painful," she whispers. "All that broken skin." She has been so steely I can almost forget she's in mourning.”

— Lauren DeStefano

“Something has fallen asleep there, that's all, but it's warm, and it's hers, it's the pain imprinted on her, and his healing powers rise…

— David Grossman

“This man was hurt, damaged in some fundamental way. She saw it not in those scars upon his body but in the haunted expression…

— Emily March

“The pain remained. And the fear. That she was so different. A monster.”

— Lisa Jackson

“She sank to the floor and tried rubbing away the burn. If anyone saw ther, they'd think she'd been crying.”

— Siobhan Vivian

“I think unconsciously I was afraid that if she asked me how I felt, my unleashed grief and rage would kill us all. In…

— Jean Hegland