Katjuscha

“This isn’t a story of great romance or of true love. It’s simply a story of being lonely and how comforting it is to be called beautiful.”
― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere

“Interesting' meant that you attracted the notice of men who would hurt you to possess whatever they found 'interesting' about you.”
― Christina Henry, Alice

“People don't debate what defines murder. Politicians don't argue the body's ability to fight off being killed. There's no talk of "murder culture." No one says that you asked for murder. What you wear doesn't excuse being killed.”
― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere

“She knew what he offered. He would kill her first, with the gun or the knife or his fists if he had to, and make certain she was never trapped in that cage again. From another man this might be terrifying, that he would so blithely consider murdering his companion. But she understood that from Hatcher this was tantamount to an offer of marriage. This was what he could do for her, how he showed he cared.”
― Christina Henry, Alice