The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

by Lynette Noni

Never forget, little mouse: no two people look the same, but we are each beautiful in our own ways. The human body is a masterpiece that deserves our respect. Always.

“I have a lot of dreams. A lot of nightmares, too. Only time will tell which path my life will take.”

People—especially men—could react poorly if they thought their intelligence was being criticized.

I’ve never met anyone stronger than you—not just because you’ve survived a decade in this gods-awful place, but because you’ve sacrificed your own needs over and over again to serve those around you,

“But . . . if you’ll let me, I’d like to be standing beside you as you fight them.”

“But things happen in life that you don’t expect, that you can’t plan for and you’re helpless to stop. Their story didn’t end as it should have. But I know for a fact that they’d live it all over again, even the ending, as long as it meant they could keep their beginning.” But, Papa, the endings are the best part. Sometimes, sweetheart. But other times, the beginnings are.

Hope was a drug, and Kiva an addict. She couldn’t keep believing, couldn’t keep trusting, couldn’t keep hoping.

“Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.”

I know I’ll never fully understand. But I don’t have to, because I can see your heart. You didn’t deserve to die, and it was within my power to keep you alive. So I did.”