Joey Langworthy

“Do you still distrust me?”
“No. Take your necklace with you so you can think of me when I’m not there.”
Brown brought the necklace over to her and put it on her neck.
“I think it rather suits me,” she laughed and left.
Brown didn’t understand what had made him insist she wear the necklace. Maybe it
was the readiness with which she had made love, or her frequent disappearances lately,
he was just curious. There was no harm in checking, before he parted with the money.
Later that evening, before going to sleep he decided to have a look at her location and
he was in for a surprise. She had not left Central City at all. In fact she was at the same
friend’s address as she had been the last time.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit, and made herself at home among them.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“You are the Queen. You get to decide what is best for you and this kingdom.” 
”
― Tricia Copeland, To Be a Fae Queen

“He hadn’t hit her in several years, but when you’ve been beaten you never forget it. The bruises go away but the scars remain, deep, hidden, raw. You stay beaten. It takes a real coward to beat a woman.”
― John Grisham, Sycamore Row: The edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author