Delicate Escape (Sparrow Falls, #2)

by Catherine Cowles

Only Brendan’s weapons hadn’t been fists. They’d been words and manipulations. He’d left no bruises. And the scars burned into me weren’t anything the eye could see.

“We can’t always see a person’s capacity for evil. But that doesn’t make us culpable. It just means we see the good in those around us.”

“But we can’t let one bad experience sour the rest of our lives. We can’t let the bad win. Make us stop living. If we lock ourselves down, we don’t just keep out the bad. We keep out the good, too.”

“Because everything about you screams that you’ve been fighting alone for too damn long, Thorn. You need someone to help carry the weight for a little while. I might not be able to fix everything, but I can help carry the load.”

“Alone isn’t a place. It’s a state of being. And no one can stay that way forever. Every person on this planet needs others. Needs to share their burdens with someone.”