Sonja

“her nerves turning her body into a trampoline and her mind into a whirlpool. The trick was waiting through the panic phases and then shoring up her strength when the fear lightened up.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Eternal

“I can’t hear you when you say things I don’t want to hear,” I said. “Must be real quiet for you around here then,” he said.”
― Addison Creek, Witch Some Win Some

“And it makes me glad when people can be friends when things end.  It means they were together because they genuinely liked each other, and left without having to destroy one another.”
― Agatha Ball, Murder's A Beach

“The treasures, the dreams, the dangers, the glorious diversity of the world and those who live in it. She’s a generous mother who offers all we need, and she’s a child who needs our tending and care.”
― Nora Roberts, The Rise of Magicks