in the days since Mom’s been hospitalized, my fear and sadness have morphed into the perfect anorexia-motivation cocktail and, finally, I have achieved Mom’s current goal weight for me. Eighty-nine pounds.
“Once you’ve been at another’s mercy you swear to yourself it will never happen again. You’ll get stronger, smarter, and history will never repeat itself because you’ve grown and changed and you’re not the same person anymore.”
― Waking Evil
― Waking Evil
“The toughest part of life isn't death after all. It's living and dealing with our pasts.”
― Waking Nightmare
― Waking Nightmare
“When you are born onto a sinking ship, you either drown or you figure out real fast how to build a lifeboat.”
― Young Rich Widows
― Young Rich Widows
“…unless you’ve got a thing for women with stratospheric IQ’s and abysmal taste in men. It’d taken her a long time to recognize that she consistently chose males who didn’t see her only their own reflection in her. Once she figured that out she started to regain a measure of her self respect..”
― Waking the Dead
― Waking the Dead
“But if there’s one thing I’ve learned since the start of the war, it’s as long as we believe, we take our faith with us. Whatever we do, wherever we go, if our motives are pure.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
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