The Gender Fall Quotes

“It was a silly thing, but if I had learned anything over the last few months, it was that humor was one of the only effective coping mechanisms.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“Still, I had faith we would figure something out.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“I’m still going to make you stop if you push yourself too hard,”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“my heart ached for him, and the ache translated into rage pulsing through my blood as I ran, just another grievance to fuel the fire of my anger.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“The world was a crueler place than the one my heart seemed to yearn for. If anyone needed evidence of that, they needed only to look at my past.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“Sleep was a refuge, the sweet blackness beckoning me in, cradling and hiding me from the pain and confusion.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“I blinked as his words hit me, the cold, angry bite of bitterness in them setting my teeth on edge. I knew Owen was hurting, but I hadn’t realized that hurt inside of him was a seed of anger and violence.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“Yet it was also more than that. I needed confirmation that I was alive, and his mouth was reminding me that not only was I alive, I was loved. After being so afraid, so confused, so lost in everything that had happened, been happening, for so long, I hadn’t realized how much I craved physical contact, if only to reassure me this wasn’t the end for us.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“You know what my father did.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“grumbled a curse and grabbed my gun, sliding back the muzzle and chambering a round.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall

“And then, abruptly, the voice turned to a different tone—sharper, harsher, more desperate. Then it hushed altogether. The sensation was like sitting by a window, reading, only to become aware that the grasshoppers had stopped singing—a sign that a predator was among them, in the bushes, waiting to feast on the first brave soul who started to sing.”
― Bella Forrest, The Gender Fall