"As the Sisterhood always reminds us: this is the way after the Return -life must continue. It is our cycle to bear" (Chapter 2, p. 12).

"I think about how we are so focused on the peril presented by the Forest that we forget that the rest of life can be just as dangerous. I think about how fragile we are - like fish in a glass bowl with darkness pressing in on every side" (Chapter 4, p. 37).

"I sob because this is not a life. This is not the way life should be and because I don't know how to fix any of it" (Chapter 6, p. 51).

"There is proof of life outside our fences. And I cannot help but wonder how this will change our lives. There is a world out there, out beyond us. And now we are part of this world. It is terrifying and wonderful" (Chapter 8, p...