Dusty

“Finally, I cry for all the versions of myself that have existed through the years. Confused five-year-old. Sullen child of divorce. Furious nine-year-old. Inquisitive me. Defiant me. Dutiful me. So many incarnations, each one seeking answers, leading me to right here, to right now, to a potential truth I have no idea how to handle.”
― Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

“It never occurred to me that you might be mine.”
― Christina Lauren, In a Holidaze

“I’m always proud of you.” She wraps her hand around mine. “I trust you. The only person whose expectations you have to live up to is yourself.” . . . “I want you to find what makes you happy.”
― Christina Lauren, In a Holidaze

“Determination — not fear —settled in my chest like a raging lion. I had been stalked and hunted and had escaped harm thus far.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Capturing the Devil