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“The whole concept of sexual attraction had become a clinical observation of how other people were.”
― Kitty Thomas, Dark Night of the Soul

“But it’s not always enough, you know? And sometimes, it spills over because you can’t control it, because you need to make others feel your pain, your hurt, your rage, because it’s tough to walk around all scarred up, in a world full of slick billboards and bright, smiley toothpaste ads and shiny, happy people. Life’s not always fair. So suck it, lick it, stroke it, fuck it.”
― Leylah Attar, The Paper Swan

“that I’m not there to cater to his desires? To fix him dinner? Clean our house? Wash and press his clothes? Massage his shoulders to ease him of the pressures of his job? Listen to his dull stories about work? Stroke his ego in every sense of the word? All the things I enjoy doing for him and not because he expects it, but because it makes me feel necessary in his life when he allows me to take care of him the only way I know how. Without me, will he miss me or simply move on and seek out companionship from someone else? From that woman? Only time will tell. And time is something I seem to have too much of.”
― Ella Dominguez, Altered State

“Sure. Andreas is gonna plunge a knife into that fat fucker’s heart before he can lift a finger. We’re gonna take Cade and then we’re gonna go and get something to eat. Chinese food. I think I could go for some Chinese food.”
― Callie Hart, Twisted