"I decide against telling him that he makes me feel like a woman instead of the monster I’ve had to become, since he’d sort of lock me up and throw away the key."
"I honestly can’t remember a time when my stomach was fluttering around. I was just a teenager when my life was shattered and the illusion of normality forever stayed out of my grasp."
"My eyes close, and I expect to see the images of dead bodies like I always do.
Instead, I’m lost in a set of haunted green eyes I’ll be seeing later."