Samantha

“The guards had weapons”
― Brenda K. Davies, A Tempest of Chaos

“Just because you have the power to help, doesn’t mean you should further injure yourself to provide it. You have done all you can,” she said firmly, cutting off whatever argument had been forming in my mouth. “Do not give more until you have more to give.” “Kor’ínthe is correct, of course,” Safir agreed as she fell into step beside us.”
― Rachel Rener, Synced

“We get to honor what we’re feeling,” I added. “Yes, we’re strong, and truly we kick ass like nobody’s business, and put a good face on it, and hold it together for our kids and our husbands or whatever. But sometimes, every once in a while, we get to just be women with emotions sloshing through us like rocky seas. We get to be compassionate with ourselves and not hold ourselves to impossible standards.”
― Lucia Ashta, Charmed Caper

“They were days filled with an innocence I didn’t understand until years after I’d lived them. I yearned for their simplicity again.”
― Brenda K. Davies, A Tempest of Monsters