Sheila

“Do you regret marrying her?” I whispered. “I regret hurting both of you.” He smoothed his hand over my hairline. “When you asked me what I was thinking about earlier and I said marriage, I was thinking about you, not her. What do you want, Lake?”
― Jessica Hawkins, Move the Stars

“It was too early to tell her how alive she made me feel, so I nursed the words I might have said to her in my chest, harboring them there, keeping them safe.”
― Callie Hart, Dirty

“You just told me you’d never baby me,” she said softly. “I can see what you’re thinking. I’m not broken. I’m not a bird with an injured wing. I have a past, and it’s tricky, and it often visits me in my dreams, but I’m still kicking ass, Fix. So…if you want me, try and take me. I’ll kick your ass if I don’t want your hands on me.”
― Callie Hart, Dirty

“It’s like she thinks she’s better than me.”
― Jessica Hawkins, Something in the Way