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“Do you have any idea how frightening it is to care for someone who dreams? They infect you with their optimism. And soon you start to dream together. You begin to dare to hope.”
― Lee Winter, The Red Files

“You’re certainly my favorite scientific anomaly right now.”
― Lee Winter, Breaking Character

“Natalya’s father, a military man, had taught her to claim her space.
He’d taught her how to stand tall, shake hands firmly, look people in the eye, and stake her place in the world, unflinching and unapologetic.
Women, like men, had to demand to be counted.”
― Lee Winter

“You know all those times you just don't dare to dream? You tell yourself it'll only end badly. Why hurt yourself for no reason? And after a while you teach yourself to not dream at all?"
"No, I always dream. The bigger, the better.”
― Lee Winter, The Red Files

“God knows why.” Amelia couldn’t bring herself to evade the question. “I keep getting caught up with people who aren’t as invested in me as I am in them. The equation is eternally lopsided.”
― Lee Winter, Hotel Queens

“Turns out I’m fond of misunderstood ice queens.”
― Lee Winter

“Lauren, I know I don't share myself with anyone except you. I accept I will never be the warmest, most relaxed, or nicest person in any room. But I will be the one who loves you deepest, with all that I am.”
― Lee Winter, Under Your Skin

“She almost wished she was a psychopath, someone who felt nothing about hurting others. Someone incapable of empathy or love. Someone heartless. But her own heart persisted, pumping away to spite her. Her traitorous mind constantly reminded her of what she’d done.”
― Lee Winter, The Fixer

“I need to know. Like I label my van Gloria and name your pigeons and know which flower absolutely belongs in your bedroom and which plant belongs by your desk. I need order and certainty and labels for the things that matter to me most because I deal in so much chaos and randomness. But I survive by knowing the things that should be known.”
― Lee Winter, Chaos Agent

“Life isn't safe, Catherine", Lauren said. "Life is risk. That's what makes it so exciting”
― Lee Winter

“It was an escape and a choice. I assumed I'd learn to switch off, read a lot, and find a way not to think quite so much. I hoped I'd eventually succeed. But what I didn't anticipate was you." She met Monique's eyes with fierceness. "Suddenly, I'm acutely aware of what I'll be missing out on. l'm accustomed to you now. I find that sensation to be so profound that I cannot work around it, There are no other paths to circumvent this, to satisfy my pragmatic nature. My options come down to only this: being with you or not being with you".

- Number Six”
― Lee Winter, Number Six

“She scrolled back to the photo. The woman’s body language set her teeth on edge.
Why did women persist in trying to take up less space than they needed? She should take what was hers, not shrink from her own shadow.”
― Lee Winter

“But now I see the other door", she continued. "Another choice with you, I might exist in a way
I haven't before. You make me more substantial, Monique. Just by seeing me as you do, I don't fear I'll slip away, just dust on sand, lost. Gone. I would be
visible to the very end. Through your eyes, I feel
anchored. Whole and substantial. I'm a presence beyond my own shadow. So, yes, please, understand me well when I say: I am accustomed to you."

- Number Six”
― Lee Winter, Number Six

“It was an escape and a choice. I assumed I'd learn to switch off, read a lot, and find a way not to think quite so much. I hoped I'd eventually succeed. But what I didn't anticipate was you." She met Monique's eyes with fierceness. "Suddenly, I'm acutely aware of what I'll be missing out on. l'm accustomed to you now. I find that sensation to be so profound that I cannot work around it, There are no other paths to circumvent this, to satisfy my pragmatic nature. My options come down to only this: being with you or not being with you".”
― Lee Winter

“She thinks being given a twenty-kilogram bag of cat food is a sign of lesbian devotion.”
― Lee Winter, Vengeance Planning for Amateurs

“Revenge is a science not a blood sport. Remember that.”
― Lee Winter, Vengeance Planning for Amateurs

“But I believe sometimes in life someone's path intersects with the person they need most at any given moment. They walk together for a little while, sharing the road for as long or as short a time as they need each other.”
― Lee Winter

“Now, if that’s all? Could you go waste someone else’s time?”
― Lee Winter, The Red Files