Nessa Quotes

“Love was a cancer in her heart. If left to fester, it would unfold itself and paralyze what was left of her soul until she’d suffocate beneath its weight. Like a tumor, love must be cut out for her to live. She dropped her eyes and banished the image of her baby from her brain. She vowed to never think of him again. It was the only way she could keep breathing.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“She looked down at her baby. Love could fade, but safety…that was a promise that lasted.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Her baby. She'd never wanted much, just to survive, to live day to day without being abused, but now she wanted him. Her son. He was a second heart beating outside her chest.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“What was she supposed to feel? She held a life she'd created inside her own body. He shared her blood. He was still, in fact, connected to her.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“You didn't have to do that.”               Marlin holstered his gun and shrugged. “Wanted to.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“What do I do?” He could shoot a man from 200 yards, but when it came to birthing babies he froze.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Love fades. He can't keep you safe.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Ma used to say worry was like pulling at loose threads fearing your life would unravel.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Trust me, darlin',” he said, “from what I've seen, promises of love fail. Safety: that's a promise that never will.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Did he think a sob story would win her over? Every goddamn person on the planet had a sob story these days.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Those men had been too stupid to fear.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“What good did it do to know if you couldn't apply?”
― Katie French, Nessa

“The things one could do with science. It was the closest man could come to being God.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“Make-up. Imagine the thought of trying to entice a man to want you.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“There was a swelling in her chest she couldn't name. Was this what love felt like? How could she know? She'd never felt it. Not even her parents had loved her enough to share something like this with her.”
― Katie French, Nessa

“It was as if somehow expanding her mind might make her more than what was between her legs.”
― Katie French, Nessa