Freedom Quote by Ruth Downie

“From the day whe arrived at her husband's home, no one called her by her name.”

— Lauretta Ngcobo

“Her name was Her, but what was hers? His name was His, and he presumed everything was his, including her, and he thought he…

— Rebecca Solnit

“He wanted her. Her. Nothing could take that away from her. Ever. He wanted her, not the status he thought her purloined name could…

— Connie Brockway

“Something about him called to her, like one of her wounded beasts, and she could not turn him away. She needed his name and…

— Tracy Anne Warren

“He had to find her. “No,”

— Tarryn Fisher

“the deepest touch. His place inside of her, where no one else knew her; where she did not know herself.”

— Sara Donati

“...and with the deftness of a thief, he was picking the lock of her willpower.”

— Mary Jo Putney

“And he saw it in her eyes. Still. The belief that there could be someone other than herself. You, he wanted to shout. You.…

— Melina Marchetta

“I have no name," she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“No one could ever be her.”

— Kit Rocha

“She could no longer see herself without him somewhere in her life, & there was no one she could even imagine being her 1st…

— Beth Harbison

“She couldn't have him, and there was no mistaking it. She could never be his wife. She could not steal herself back from Randa…

— Kristin Cashore