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01Undated

It was entirely possible I would sexually assault him if I got too close.

Caroline Hanson / quote

02Undated

He was under the mistaken impression that I didn't have enough tact.The truth was, I had no tact.

Caroline Hanson / quote

03Undated

Everything she knew about him rushed through her mind like a tidal wave.

Caroline Hanson / quote

04Undated

The calmness was fracturing, tendrils of fear seeping through her mind like ivy. Once the fear consumed her, she'd run.

Caroline Hanson / quote

05Undated

Her gaze shifted away. "I don't remember my dreams anymore." It was like she was confessing a dirty secret. And maybe it was, because even though he hated the dreams, each time he had them, he was with his parents again. Hearing their laughter. Watching them live. But when he woke up they were really gone.

Caroline Hanson / quote

06Undated

Maybe that was one of the problems with these men who lived forever, they'd built up an immunity or resistance to affection. Perhaps because when everyone they knew and loved continued to die, they realized the value of distance, of not losing one's self completely to love.

Caroline Hanson / quote

07Undated

It does not matter what I believe. The past is done. Hope is irrelevant. We measure success and failure in history with a cost of lives. Penicillin saved people, and the world wars exterminated them. Success and failure. Feelings, regrets, the point where they knew they made mistakes...it is interesting but unfortunately, irrelevant. Did they go to their death and grieve for what they did? Did the makers of the atomic bomb grieve for the destruction they dedicated their lives towards creating? Who cares? They did it. Whether they knew what they were creating, or whether they talked themselves into believing it was for the best, the glory of history is being able to view it in black-and-white. However honorable one's initial intention, a villain will always be a villain.

Caroline Hanson / quote

08Undated

Fear blossomed within her - not like a flower, but like blood welling from a gunshot wound, spreading throughout her entire body.

Caroline Hanson / quote

09Undated

Trees surrounded them from all sides, casting long inky shadows that would, at another time, have been scary. But there was no point in being scared of what might be lurking in the shadows when the biggest bad, of all big bads, was gazing at her intently.

Caroline Hanson / quote

10Undated

If she was going to die she wanted to go out with chocolate in one hand and a shopping bag in the other.

Caroline Hanson / quote

11Undated

She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she said she could defend herself he'd want her to prove it. But if she said she couldn't defend herself, then he'd take her out there to learn. This is so messed up.

Caroline Hanson / quote

12Undated

Life is about juggling obligations, Valerie. You need to study smarter, not harder.

Caroline Hanson / quote