Carolyn Lee Adams, Ruthless Quotes

I will not be a victim. I will not think like a victim. I am going to avenge all those little girls. I am going to win.

I don't know how the Wolfman knows all this, but he's not wrong. My warm cheeks turn scalding hot. "Your shame is a good sign. You may break sooner than I thought. The breaking is good. It purifies.

Wolfman clears everything off the table except his gun. That he keeps close at hand. There is a sense of ceremony about his actions. My stomach tightens up. We are about to begin.

It was like a commercial for laundry detergent or tampons or a prescription medication with death listed as a possible side effect.

Life isn't fair, " comes the voice of Nana. She has told me that a thousand times. "What matters is how you handle it." I'm going to handle it by winning.

In this otherworldly moment I am profoundly grateful to be here, to be alone, to experience this thing that no one has ever experienced and that no one else ever will.