Kris

“You don’t have to stop me from looking at anyone but you, because I don’t want to look in the first place. Put parental controls on my phone, my laptop, block porn sites. Track my location. Lock my dick in a cage. I’ll do whatever it takes to make you realize I’m not going anywhere. I’m staying right here. I’ll make you feel secure until you realize it’s only ever going to be you.”
― Tessa Bailey, Same Time Next Year

“I had a superior to rely on here. My only job right now was to try, fail, learn, repeat.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I didn’t say this earlier, but thank you for asking about terminology during our negotiation.” She smiles against my skin. “Of course. Like I said, I’m deeply invested in you having a good time, and the last thing I want is to misgender you.”
― Katee Robert, The Demon's Bargain

“This is how power works: It makes the actual people experiencing violence seem like a threat. Moving from a place of fear leads us to make harmful assumptions about one another. In our fear, we treat other people’s identities as if they are something that they are doing to us and not something that just exists.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary