Melody

“Natalya’s father, a military man, had taught her to claim her space.
He’d taught her how to stand tall, shake hands firmly, look people in the eye, and stake her place in the world, unflinching and unapologetic.
Women, like men, had to demand to be counted.”
― Lee Winter

“The world had two types of people. The first were the takers. They only noticed those who could help them, offering friendship for false reasons—their egos preventing improvement of their superficial interest. The second were the givers. Those who knew they were being taken advantage of but couldn’t stop it. They’d give and give until they had nothing left. But by giving, they saw things, watching silently in the shadows.”
― Pepper Winters, Pennies

“God grant me the courage to date the men who aren't idiots, the serenity to accept the fact that many men are idiots, and the wisdom to know the difference”
― Kristan Higgins, Until There Was You

“Silence was a weapon I could wield better than panic. And if it meant I never uttered another word until I found freedom, then so be it. The”
― Pepper Winters, Pennies