Mallory

“It will remind me of my wild cat.” “You have a wild cat?” I tied off the first button. “Where do you hide it?” “Away from the world.” I looked up at his teasing tone and shuffled round to face him, snatching the button back. “I hide her in a fortress in the woods. Where no one else can find her.” “How awful,” I replied dryly. “I don’t think she thinks it’s awful.” “And how would you know?” I threaded the needle through the second button. “The way she looks at me.”
― M.A. Frick, Forcing Fate

“She explained that if a man attacked me—it did not lessen my value. I had a strong sense of worth, if nothing else, and even if they violated me, I was still worth every bit I was now. I was worth every bit of pride and self-respect. Someone else’s actions did not dictate that.”
― M.A. Frick, Forcing Fate

“Panicked, and obviously not thinking clearly, I leaned forward and pressed my mouth to the small cut. Licking”
― M.A. Frick, Forcing Fate

“A smart woman once told me that everything is nothing if you’re in pieces.”
― Sarah A. Parker, To Snap a Silver Stem