Quote by Melissa Foster

“pushed so close to the people standing in line that she couldn’t step to the side to see. She was gridlocked. Danica leaned to…

— Melissa Foster

“close to the people standing in line that she couldn’t step to the side to see. She was gridlocked. Danica leaned to the right…

— Melissa Foster

“and shoved napkins in her direction. “Are you okay?” an older woman asked. Tears sprang from the corners of Danica’s closed eyes. Damn it.…

— Melissa Foster

“nose, knocking Danica’s head back. Her hand flew to her bloody nose. “Ow! Geez!” She ducked in pain, covering her face and talking through…

— Melissa Foster

“door. Whack! He elbowed her right in the nose, knocking Danica’s head back. Her hand flew to her bloody nose. “Ow! Geez!” She ducked…

— Melissa Foster

“She was still loping around on all fours, her fists blue-white from the strain. As if she were holding a secret tight to the…

— Karen Russell

“told, to get up and do as she was told. She picked up her handbag and made a point of slamming the front door…

— Jamie Campbell

“Once she was behind, how could she catch up?”

— Celeste Ng

“Victoria pushed it open the rest of the way and stepped inside. She left it open in case she needed to make a quick…

— Claire Legrand

“The woman went on. She had not looked back. She went out of sight up the road: swollen, slow, deliberate, unhurried, and tireless as…

— William Faulkner

“Her safe was in the spare bedroom. She went in and knelt down in front of it. Sweatshirt and Joe followed. She noticed that…

— Kathleen Gilles Seidel

“She had arrived at the last stages of some disassembly line, one we all were traveling down and couldn’t seem to get off.”

— Hugh Howey