Quote by J.R. Ward

“But why would Victor and Robert take her? And how the hell did two old men subdue a teenage girl anyway?”

— Richelle Mead

“Claire was the light to his dark and the right to his wrong. With her beside him, he wanted to forget everything he’d learned…

— Aleatha Romig

“Claire knew full well from the videos that there were things a man could do to a woman that didn't kill her, but made…

— Karin Slaughter

“I was a man fifteen years older than she, you understand. I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains…

— Michael Ondaatje

“They were fed and clothed and taken care of until they were too old, and then they were kicked out. This ending was no…

— John Steinbeck

“In the past, she could never count on him, and now she was old enough to know better than to need anyone.”

— Zøe Haslie

“I sort of wish that was what happened though, Ginny, because that would mean the girl is all right. Fourteen-year-old girls have run off…

— Michael McDowell

“All that I know is that Claire Lyons should consider herself done, done and you know what else? DONE!”

— Lisi Harrison

“Because I'm a girl, Claire thought. She was barely able to contain the relief welling up inside her. Because we're all stupid and insecure…

— Rachel Caine

“I didn't tell her about the free-for-alls on the school yard, muggings on the bus. A girl burned a cigarette hole in the back…

— Janet Fitch

“She was a woman now and youth was gone.”

— Margaret Mitchell

“I was tired of her getting away with being so young.”

— Margaret Atwood