“She felt Jay squeezing her hand with his. It was warm.It made her feel safe and attached to the world.”
“She had made her choice, and this was it, where she felt safe, in a world she could, for the most part, control. Page 328”
“Denise clung to the feel of his hands as she pushed at her panic. It's okay. You're safe...and this has got to be the ugliest couch ever.”
“He wished to cover her with his body, possess her-for if he could do that, he could pretend to himself that she was safe. Covering her so...he might protect her. Or so he felt, even knowing how senseless the feeling was.”
“For the first time since her return, she felt pain, a violent pain, but it made her feel alive, because it was worth feeling.”
“…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.”