“Safe wasn't quite what appealed to her right then. Safe wasn't how she felt. Invincible, in control, powerful- those words felt closer to true.”
“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”
“she was beautiful and seemingly quite intelligent, what with her pentameter search system. There wasn't a reason in the world not to find her appealing.”
“She felt oddly safe with him, though not safe from him.”
“She realized that home wasn't a place. It was here, safe in his arms. As long as she had this, everything would be all right.”
“It's not forever', she'd said, but to my mother, it might as well have been. She had make her choice, and this was it, where she felt safe, in a world she could, for the most part, control.”