“I've learned to choose my allies carefully and believe in them once I've made my choice.”

“... she had always found risk headier than the finest champagne.”

“...alongside those men a number of women had come to this glittering city. Women who were perhaps equally powerful, though they had to find more subtle ways to wield their power.”

“When one has suspected a thing for weeks, why is being confronted with stark evidence so much worse?”

“It's not like I've spent my life beating he boys back with a flaming torch.”

“Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, choose the truth every time.”

“I know i don't get the happily ever after. My knight and shinning armor took the highway detour around this godforsaken shit hole. I've made peace with that. That doesn't mean i'm going to lie down like a doormat and let every cocky prick in the trailer have his way with me." - White Trash Beautiful”