"How young we were the day we escaped." Part 1: Free, At Last!, p. 3

"Carrie decided. We stayed." Part 1: Life's Second Chance, p. 34

"Later, as I lay alone on my bed with my eyes open, I realized from the hopeless, flat way I felt that even in a valley without mountains the wind could still blow." Part 2: Visions of Sugarplums, p. 55

"The guilt would be all mine. And Chris would hate me and turn, as he had to, to someone else." Part 2: My First Date, p. 102

"Steel, covered over with frilly, silly tulle tutus!" Part 2: Sweeter Than All the Roses, p. 111

"I was like a mole coming out of darkness only to find the brilliant days weren't at all like I had supposed they would be." Part 2: Momma's Shadow, p. 135

"I had the blinding precognition that he was going to be my loving keeper, my jailor, and I'd be...