I convinced myself that sometimes the greatest loves of our lives will be our closest friends. And I was okay with that.”
“It wasn’t the fear that mattered in life. It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it.”
― The Four Winds
― The Four Winds
“The women had a story to tell, even if the world wasn't quite yet ready to hear it, and their story began with three simple words. We were there.”
― The Women
― The Women
“A warrior believes in an end she can’t see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.”
― The Four Winds
― The Four Winds
“When a war was ended, the men lost their lives. But the women lost everything else.”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
“Books had always been her solace; novels gave her the space to be bold, brave, beautiful, if only in her own imagination.”
― The Four Winds
― The Four Winds
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