Toying Quotes

“If it were true love, he would never make you sacrifice your dignity to be with him. He would respect you and treat you as if you were sacred to his heart. If he loved you as dearly as he professes to love Christ, then he would never let anyone that loved him suffer or lower their self worth to be with him. True love is compassion, respect and honorable acts that prove love.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Swallowing, he entered the second code. Then there was a sound like a marble dropping on the floor - bouncing slowly, gradually getting faster as it dropped lower and lower… The thing was toying with him! Where was it? He strained his hearing, but all was again silent. He wanted to shout and scream obscenities at it, but he fought the impulse. It might not really know his location after all - and that would've led it right to him. It must be coming for him! It must be by the door by now, looking for a way in. Time was running out. He hastily keyed in the third and last code.
Death the destroyer never is late!”
― Christina Engela, Demonspawn

“The weather gods are toying with us." - Dr. James Stagg”
― David Haig, Pressure

“She once told me I was her favorite toy, but it never really made any sense, since she did everything in her power to break me.”
― Jessica Sorensen, The Art of Being Friends

“Mortal feelings are so volatile that it's impossible to help toying with them a little.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Rhysand smirked. 'Perhaps I'll tell her, perhaps I won't.'

In a flash of motion too fast for me to detect, Tamlin was on his feet, fangs dangerously close to Rhysand's face.

'None of that,' Rhysand said, clicking his tongue and lightly shoving Tamlin away with a single hand. 'Not with a lady present.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“People toy with what they understand, and have a great fear for what they do not.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia