Mastered Quotes

“Rules. Even as the world of phone and computer sex (and dominance) were full of their own rules, so was the new world of doing-it-for real. And some of these new rules, (OK, most of them, Robin admitted) were just as silly as the ones she had learned and followed before. Safe words, for example. Magic words that when said by the bottom, stopped a scene so that some kind of inconvenient or dangerous activity could be halted. Robin had nothing against the concept.........
Having a code to use so that you're free to pull against the bondage or whimper "no, no, no" seemed to be a great idea. But having all these possible ways to orchestrate what was happening seemed, well, contrary to the point........
I want to feel that I can't stop it. I want to be really mastered, taken over by someone who isn't goin to stop doing things because I'm not getting off on it. Someone who knows enough not to endanger me, unless that was what was intended.........”
― Laura Antoniou, The Slave

“A man who has mastered all the books in the world may still be ignorant if he fails to connect this bookish knowledge with the real world.”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“The mind is weak, and it must be mastered, controlled. The body, it knows no master save for instinct and, unfortunately, it is built for terminal suffering.”
― Jennifer Arnett, Day One: A Novella

“TANTRA is a field that says neither abstain nor be obsessed. This can be handled by a few, even if you have mastered it”
― Anupama Garg, The Tantric Curse

“It hit a raw nerve to think that her relationship, or whatever this was between her and Drake, was following some guideline or schedule he performed by rote, regardless of who his current woman was.
Would any woman do for him? Did Evangeline’s face blur among the many who’d come before her? Did she stand out? She supposed she was lucky that he at least remembered her name and hadn’t called her by another woman’s name. She’d likely stab him with a kitchen knife if that ever happened.”
― Maya Banks

“The modern human has mastered the art of building toxic homes and cities.”
― Steven Magee

“I have been impressed at how well the Hawaiians have mastered the art of civil disobedience.”
― Steven Magee

“A great leader is someone who first mastered the art of following.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The police have mastered the art of poor customer service!”
― Steven Magee