Stephanie McDowell

“His hold on me is endless and eternal; it isn’t unbreakable because the possibility of being broken was never even an option. It just is. A fact. As sure as the moon rises.”
― C.M. Stunich, Victory at Prescott High

“I don’t want sunny days. I want the thunderstorm that makes your soul shake. I want the lightning that rips through even the darkest moments and steals your breath as it brings them to life and light. And I want the rain—the rain that drenches you and washes away your hurt, the rain that fuels you and makes you grow. I don’t want sunshine and rainbows romance. I want earth-quaking and sky-splitting love.”
― Rebecca Sharp, The Fall of Troy

“​That was the funny thing about depression, though. It could have a way of sneaking up on you. The dark thoughts could consume your mind, or sometimes you just got tired of the emotional rollercoaster you were always on.”
― S.M. Olivier, Fighting Fate

“That’s the one thing people never tell you about anxiety—people like me know it’s an irrational state of mind, but we can’t stop it from happening. Everything in my logical brain screams that it’s going to be okay, I’m fine, that this is ridiculous, but that other piece of me can’t see that logic and refuses to listen. The dichotomy of it all is overwhelming and completely frustrating”
― Brooke Cumberland, Pushing the Limits