" And I can’t come, can I?” I shake my head. “No, Princess. You can’t come. It’s the kind of place you can’t walk away from once you’re there.” A tear slides down her cheek. But she wipes it away and draws in some courage with her next deep breath. “OK,” she says. “But I’d like to go on record that I come from a family of badass bitches. "

― J.A. Huss , Five (Mister, #6)