Sonia BU

“Words may not physically harm you but they stay in your psyche like tiny barbed spikes. ‘As I said, she was in our adoption group. After the introductory”
― Penny Batchelor, Her New Best Friend

“Few people understood them. For the first time she wondered if this was all there was for people like her . . . and Jack. People who had given everything to their work and then ended up alone for one reason or another. Alone and in pieces.”
― Debra Webb, The Last Lie Told

“When I looked up, he was about fifty feet away, and even from that distance I could tell I was in trouble. He seemed sort of average at first—brown hair, lean build, soaked white running shirt—but the closer he got, the more I realized just how edible he was. I noticed the shift in the muscles of his legs as he ran, the way his hair bounced slightly, how he pressed his lips together in concentration as he neared us. I looked over my shoulder, attempting to waggle my eyebrows at Jenna and give her the secret best friend code for “hot guy up ahead,” but she had stopped to tie her shoes. And when I turned back around, it was too late.”
― Kandi Steiner, A Love Letter to Whiskey

“I’m no damsel in distress, trust me, I’ve survived a lot more than most, but you can’t underestimate the overwhelming power of someone swooping in to save you after a lifetime of having to save yourself.”
― Catherine Steadman, The Family Game