Carrie

“He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days, weeks, at a time, making the air humid, hard to breathe, my father stalking around with his lower jaw jutting out, giving him the look of a wounded, vengeful boxer, grinding his teeth so loud you could hear it across the room.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“A woman in love—a woman loved properly in return—wears her happiness in her eyes, on her cheeks, on her lips, wears it like an invisible garment, a glorious garment that gives her an aura everyone can see.”
― Jennifer Wilde, Love Me, Marietta

“I was born bad, and I have lived bad, and I shall die bad in all probability.”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles

“I bid you to aid one another. Let the wealthy have charity for the poor. Let the strong have mercy on the weak. And I promise, if we are victorious, such a time shall never come again.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss