K.C. Martin > Quotes

“But pain can be a powerful motivator.
Comfort, however is not.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 3

“Sometimes an old familiar pain is easier to live with then a sudden unfamiliar pleasure.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 3

“Please just trust me,” he whispers. “Let me take you to your edge.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 3

“We’ve taken the first beautiful slippery step down the slope into the dangerous and forbidden.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“…if you want ideas, go out into the world… and get fucked. I highly recommend it. There is not art without fucking.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse

“I am drunk on his desire for me. My legs wrap around tightly around his waist.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“I’ll show you how to trust yourself in your art. I know you’re hungry for it. Let me break you.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse

“My first lesson,” he says. “Is to show the hold you have over me and the hold I have over you.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“There is nothing wrong with wanting anything. It’s the expectation we attach to the wanting that gets us in trouble.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“It might give you a sense of control to feel jealous about a handful of writing students, but it looks ugly on you. Your real power over me- and that’s what this is about isn’t it? Your sense of power? The power you want lies in your desire for me, and desire for its own sake, that place where you are vulnerable and out of control. You gave me something tonight, Ava. Something greater than an orgasm. I’m going to go back into the bar, say my goodbyes, go back to my room, and ejaculate on the page. Figuratively.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“There is a difference between breaking down, breaking up, breaking even and… breaking open.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse

“You haven’t had enough fires burn out on you yet. You haven’t lived among ashes.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“His eyes hold mine and won’t let go.
“Because we are all dying?”
“Yes, And a kiss is a spark of life in the face of inevitable death.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“My whole body vibrates with fear and excitement, a sense of daring and danger, of being myself and risking being someone else. What has he done to me?”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2

“I realize there’s one thing for sure: love is the greatest inspiration of all, and no matter how hard I might try to convince myself that lust is enough, deep down in my heart, I want so much more.”
― K.C. Martin, Becoming His Muse - Part 2