Laurie Kewal

“Just... isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?”
“It sets a dangerous precedent.”
“For avoiding pain?”
“For avoiding life.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Bedding her could be anything from tenderness to riot, but to take her when she was a bit the worse for drink was always a particular delight.
Intoxicated, she took less care for him than usual; abandoned and oblivious to all but her own pleasure, she would rake him, bite him - and beg him to serve her so, as well.
He loved the feeling of power in it, the tantalizing choice between joining her at once in animal lust, or of holding himself-for a time- in check, so as to drive her at his whim.”
― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

“Mais comment? Comment fais-tu pour surmonter ça, mon chéri? lui avait-elle demandé. Tu as enduré tellement d'épreuves, mais tu es toujours content. Comment fais-tu?
-J'ai choisi de l'être, avait-il répondu. Je peux laisser ruiner mon passé, consacrer mon temps à haïr les gens pourc e qu'ils m'ont fait, comme mon père l'a fait, ou je peux pardonner et oublier.
-Mais ce n'est pas si facile."
Il avait sourit, de son sourire de Franck.
"Oui, mais, Trésor, c'est tellement moins fatigant; Il suffit de pardonner une fois. Tandis que la rancune, il faut l'entretenir à longueur de journée, et recommencer tous les jours. Il faudrait que je fasse une liste pour m'assurer que je hais bien tous ceux qui m'ont causé du tort. Non, avait-il ajouté, on a tous la possibilité de pardonner.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans