Mano

“I bow to no one, but I’ll get down on my knees before the Gods and beg you to choose this. To live.”
― Sarah A Parker, Crystal Bloom Collection (3 Paperback Books) - To Bleed a Crystal Bloom, To Flame a Wild Flower, To Snap a Silver Stem

“This will only hurt for a moment, my little one.” My heart stumbled over a beat before it hit the back of my throat. “No, please, Enosh. Don’t do this—” “Shh…” Warmth swathed me, coaxing my stiff muscles into a false state of ease. “Once we return, I’ll mend your bones.” Crk-crk-crk.”
― Liv Zander, King of Flesh and Bone

“Yshera,” he said, and there was a rawness, an honesty, in his voice I hadn’t heard before. “Taking on your pain is nothing compared to the pain I feel when you experience it.”
― Jacqueline White, Souls in Ruin

“But when he bent his head there was no gentleness in the touch of his lips but expert sensuality, vicious appetite. He knew how to gain a response and did so with a merciless science which left me gasping. When his head lifted, his eyes were blazing black lightning, but he smiled and touched my lips again, very lightly, with his own.

"Is it so hard to love me, Felicia?”
― Teresa Denys, The Silver Devil