It’s the Lord’s will,” she said quietly. “You get through it. You just never get over it.

“There's a problem with wounded birds, Cassie," Connor said. "Either they fly aw…”

“Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's sto…”

“I have never fit into this town, this marriage, this skin. I am the child who w…”

“How could he convey to someone who'd never even met her the way she always smel…”