Ithan put a hand on Sigrid’s elbow to alert her of his presence, but again she flinched. Ithan backed away a step, hands up as the opal dealer watched warily. “Sorry.” She didn’t like being touched. She’d only let him touch her to wash her
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“Human touch.Our first form of communication. Safety, security, comfort, all in the gentle caress of a finger.Or at the brush of lips on a soft cheek. It connects us when we are happy, bolsters us in times of fear, excites us in time of passion ... and love, we need that touch from the one we love almost as much as we need air to breath.”
― Five Feet Apart
― Five Feet Apart
“I want to tell her that she's luminous, she's so bright in my mind, sometimes I can't focus.”
― Love on the Brain
― Love on the Brain
“Jem said, “we want you to stay, and to know that the choice is entirely yours, and we wanted to show you something. We want you to know there is nothing in this house more precious to us than you.”
― Ghosts of the Shadow Market
― Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Mock me all you like. Whatever I imagined then, now it is I who would beg and grovel for a kind word from your lips." His eyes are black with desire. "By you, I am forever undone.”
― The Queen of Nothing
― The Queen of Nothing
“I, for one, am glad that I’m surrounded by those who have more loyalty and thirst for adventure than common sense,” Casteel remarked. “And now for the rules.”
― The Crown of Gilded Bones
― The Crown of Gilded Bones
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