Quote by Rachel Hawthorne

“What kind of rescue is this, where you toss the prisoner a knife and stand and wait to see what happens?”

— Orson Scott Card

“Some people rushed into danger without a thought for their own safety. Others ran away. And some froze. I fitted into the latter group.”

— Estelle Ryan

“Slowly, painfully, I let go. It was like prying my own fingers off the edge of the cliff. And that hurt too-particularly the falling…

— Robin McKinley

“I’d found that in my case, once I was in trouble, digging the hole deep enough to climb out on the other side was…

— Nicole Castle

“I had to protect him. And me. So I took everything I felt for the pack. I saw the bond, and instead of closing…

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“What i took away from witnessing the broken climbers in Moshi was this: *Everything is easy until it isn't.*”

— Josh Gates

“All this time Lock and I had managed to be civil to one another. No drama, all efficiency. But look him in the eyes?…

— Cat Porter

“Then my rescuer turned to look at me and I felt his eyes reach right down into my guts and tangle them up in…

— April White

“This is, of course, how they want us: panicked, weak, and separated. We are easier to kill that way.”

— Lauren Oliver

“I don’t often need rescuing, but it’s nice when it goes well and doesn’t involve great heights.”

— Melody Malone

“He tried to hold on, tried to hold back, but it was too late. He was lost. Lost, and yet somehow found. It was…

— Jill Shalvis

“It was cold, wet . . . overall pretty traumatic . . . but . . . such is the life of the adventurer.”

— Luke Pearson