Amy D.

“And I mean strode--like a man does, so different from how I normally walked. I focused on remembering the cadence of my steps, the swing of my arms, how my whole body moved through the world with unfeigned confidence, claiming the space I inhabited.”
― Erin Makela

“But Mom said no. I'll probably get in trouble."
I shrugged. "You're probably gonna get in trouble at some point today anyway. You may as well get a slushy out of it.”
― Dan Geimenhart

“It wasn't easy to convince most women to venture toward gunfire in a snowstorm in the dark to find wounded, but a surprising number volunteered. These were not the wives of lords or wealthy merchants or generals but the wives of frontiersman, who were used to shouldering the burden of survival alongside their husbands.”
― Erin Makela, Worthy of Trust: That Word Honor: Book I

“What looked like a snap to other people was actually an erosion of the surfaces that we built up for protection, and unfortunately people would rather dwell on the snap than the wearing.”
― Addie E. Citchens, Dominion