Adoptive-family Quote by Shannon Messenger

“Some time just after one and somewhere in between awake and asleep, Sophie moved beneath him again. Tangled limbs. Entwined fingers. Damp cheeks. Bruised…

— Kitty French

“She was tough; there was no doubt about that. With all the experience she'd had in her short life, Sophie knew that she couldn't…

— M.R. Dale

“More than anything, Natalie wanted to move to the bed, take Sophie's hand, sit beside her.Lay her head against her shoulder. But she didn't…

— Glen Hirshberg

“He held out his hand to Sophie, just like Mrs. Pentstemmon, but a little less royally. Sophie levered herself up, wondering if she was…

— Diana Wynne Jones

“One of her arms was around his waist as her eyes fluttered open. He found himself lost in limpid blue green. She wasn’t his.…

— Carolyn Jewel

“He pulled away from me and held his hands in the air like he was weighing something. “Keep Sophie safe or let Sophie die.…

— Micalea Smeltzer

“The therapist, he thought, and it bothered him a lot more than it should have. After all, he had nothing permanent with Sophie. He…

— Jennifer Cruise Welcome to Temptation

“It had never occurred to Sophie that she would be forgiven so readily for her trespasses and she wasn’t sure that she liked it.…

— Nick Hornby

“Sophie seemed to understand sisterhood. Sometimes sisters need to shut their mouths and drop it. This was definitely one of those times.”

— Joanna Wylde

“He hadn’t intended this to happen in quite such a vanilla way, but one look at Sophie’s vulnerable face and his hunter-protector gene had…

— Kitty French

“Sophie did this?" He said, not for the first time. They were standing at the foot of Jessamine's bed. She lay flung upon it,…

— Cassandra Clare

“He sat looking down at his hands--his fine strong unscarred hands. Suddenly and unreasonably he thought of another pair of hands--his mother's--with the knuckles…

— Edna Ferber