C.J. Redwine quotes:

Healing is the hardest thing you'll ever do.' ~Quinn

Maybe that's what love is. Giving others the power to hurt you and trusting that they'll use it to heal you instead.

Silent acquiescence in the face of tyranny is no better than outright agreement.

I reach up and pat them both on the headPoor things. If you had a boy that looked like Logan, you'd be kissing him every chance you had, too.

And for me, it means honoring those who've loved me and sacrificed for me by choosing to be the kind of warrior who delivers justice even when it threatens to hurt me.

Let Ian laugh. Let him believe pain will ruin me. I know better. I've already been ruined once, and I know how to rise from the ashes. I know how to find my broken pieces.

Sylph and Jodi return to my side, each carrying a cloth sack full of chickweed. I wrap my arm around Sylph's waist and give her a quick squeezeLesson's over for today. I have something to discuss with Logan.Sounds serious. Jodi wiggles her brows at me.I think that's just Rachel for 'I need to go kiss my boy.' Sylph laughs when I glare at her.

Pain is such a useful thing. It corrects us when we're wrong. It shapes our character. It teaches us that we're alive.