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“I don’t tell him, but everyone worries so much about monsters lingering outside they forget about the ones that can haunt you behind closed doors.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Not tainted. Not ugly. Thayer Holmes thinks I’m perfect.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Because I wanted to.” His eyes flicker over me. “I don’t do things I don’t want to, Salem. I’m a selfish man.” Man. He lays that word between us like a grenade, reminding me gently that while we might be lying in the same bed, he’s thirty-one and I’m eighteen.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Hey.” He grabs my arm, his hold gentle enough for me to pull out of, but I don’t bother.
“What?” I look up at him, chin lifted defiantly.
“Tell me what’s wrong.”
“Give me one good reason why,” I argue. I know my face has to be red and splotchy from crying, but I make no move to hide myself.
“Because I care about you.”
Dammit, I told him to give me a good reason and he did.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers