Frances

“It confirmed what she’d believed all along, that she didn’t belong to those people, and never had. Instead of connecting Elin with her past, Rudi had marveled at the way she’d pulled herself out of it like a diamond from the rough.”
― Deborah Reed, Things We Set on Fire

“He’d kissed a lot of women in his time, but this time, this woman, was different. Scare-the-hell-out-of-a-man different.”
― Emily March, Luke

“You know the moment when fate plays a cruel joke on you, rips the rug out from beneath your feet and laughs at you after you’ve fallen flat on your hind end? This was like that moment.”
― Casey L. Bond, Sin: The Entire Serial Series

“People didn’t often change, and the way they most commonly surprised you was by disappointing you.”
― Claire Kent, Nameless