Pamela

“The larger part of power was understanding the power you had over others, even if you would rather not have had that much power in the first place.”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength

“I knew what he meant. He was describing that moment when you realize that you are lonely. For a time you can be alone and doing fine and never give a thought to living any other way and then you meet someone and suddenly you become lonely. It stabs at you, almost like a physical pain, and you feel both deprived and angry, deprived because you wish to be with that person, and angry because their absence brings you misery. It’s a strange feeling, akin to desperation, a feeling that makes you wait by the phone even though you know that the call is an hour away.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites

“And wherever women held power, be it a throne, a club, or a labyrinth, there were men wishing to seize it.”
― Sarah MacLean, Bombshell

“Men are ridiculous."
"For wanting to keep you safe?"
"For believing that you aren't the thing from which we are most in danger.”
― Sarah MacLean, Bombshell