Liz Stout

“It’s just . . . I’m fine. Which makes me almost feel even worse. I mean, I should be having nightmares. I should be having trouble sleeping and eating. But I’m not. It’s as if those two days didn’t actually happen.” “Can I be blunt?” Gray asked. Allye smiled. “Because you haven’t been so far?” He didn’t return her smile. “It’s gonna hit you. When you least expect it. You’ll be going about your day, and boom, you’ll see something that reminds you, and you’ll have a reaction. Or you’ll wake up in the middle of the night and remember. And it’s okay. If I’ve learned nothing else in my life, I’ve learned that it’s okay to freak out or have a bad reaction to something that happened to you.”
― Susan Stoker, Defending Allye

“It’s called AMF. It has vodka, rum, tequila, gin, blue curaçao liqueur, sweet-and-sour mix, and is topped off with 7UP.”
― Susan Stoker, Defending Morgan

“I’ve seen what you can do when you are willing to fight for the people you love. Why not apply that same bravery and loyalty to yourself? Don’t say you don’t deserve it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

“We weren’t in a fairy tale, after all, were we? I was ignorant to believe it could be different. That I could be different.”
― Brittney Sahin, The Final Hour