“She didn't want to be considered a woman yet, wasn't ready to be the recipient of jewelry from men.”
“Loving someone gave them power over you, and she wasn't ready to do that just yet.”
“The woman didn't taste bad, but she tasted wrong. She smelled good, but it wasn't right.”
“This wasn't a position she wanted to be in. And yet . . . yet she knew that she was going to do it anyway.”
“She simply didn't have an interest in men anymore. It wasn't that she didn't like them, she just knew how easily they broke.”
“I didn't really want to die; I just wasn't ready to live. I was merely surviving...one reluctant heartbeat at a time.”