“And I realized that I’d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt.”
“Do you think I need the turmoil and complication you’ve brought into my life?Dou you actually think I’d tolerate al that because we’re good in bed?”“You don’t have to tolerate it” she fisted her hands on his chest. “ you don’t have to tolerate any of it.”“Damn right I don’t. But I am tolerating it because I think I’m in love with you.”
“I felt free to like all three of these men now, because I’d realized I didn’t have to become them.”
“I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free.”
“I watched him go, a tower of lean muscle and scar tissue camouflaging more secrets than I’d realized.”
“...for I realized how narrow my world had been and that self-education could be and should be an exciting life-long adventure.”