Abuse-survivors Quote by Talena Winters

“when she was able to imagine a different life that might have been hers, the kind of life she knew that she'd always really…

— Nicholas Sparks

“Her great desire, in fact, was to have something more solid, more tangible than love to rely upon.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“Her life was filled with contrast, an inexplicable mystery. She always left you breathless, craving a little bit more.”

— Nikki Rowe

“Looking around... she couldn't help thinking that life indeed was a gift, and she had much to be grateful for - friends, family, and…

— Vannetta Chapman

“There was, too, a reality to her new life that her old life had lacked, and she realized with a shock that she had…

— Robin McKinley

“She had everything she wanted, but she still felt, at times, that there were other things she might want if she knew about them.”

— Edith Wharton

“She imagined herself as some sort of vessel to be filled up with love. But it wasn't like that. The love was within her…

— Kim Edwards

“And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia.”

— Galt Niederhoffer

“Nothing was better than coming up with new ways to make her fall in love with me all over again. I lived for that…

— Jamie McGuire

“I wanted something real. I wanted my life to be more than a bit.”

— Tabatha Beshears

“Her life was like her house—a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough.”

— Maeve Binchy

“Living, now, had become not simple existence that one took for granted, but a bonus, a gift, with every day that lay ahead an…

— Rosamunde Pilcher