Sonia BU

“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

“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

“takes everything in me not to look back, not to run. There is no end to the number of rules women are supposed to follow at night regarding their safety—be observant, stay off your phone, adjust your routine so you don’t always take the same route, wear comfortable shoes that you can run in and carry mace or a Swiss army knife. Or better yet, don’t walk alone at night, especially if you’ve been drinking, because alcohol lowers your awareness and your reaction time and makes you an easy target—and yet men can do any damn thing they’d like and it’s fine.”
― Mary Kubica, She's Not Sorry

“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