“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is “You’re safe with me”—that’s intimacy.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“benevolent barnacles.”
― Morning Star
― Morning Star
“She hadn't banked on Kingfisher kicking in my bedroom door, me thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and wailing like a banshee. Nor had she expected his ultra-foul temper, his split bottom lip, or the thin line of blood trickling down his chin. She'd squawked when he'd thrown me unceremoniously down onto my bed and snarled, “Bad human,” at me.”
― Quicksilver
― Quicksilver
“His lips twitch the tiniest bit. “Are you really that naive you think sex and fondness have anything to do with each other?” No, of course not. But there is a large distance between fondness and wanting to murder someone. Isn’t there? “No. I guess I’m not.” I guess if he can handle his side of things, all he has to do is bite me to get me onboard.”
― Court of the Vampire Queen
― Court of the Vampire Queen
“His hands would have slid to my waist, the calluses scraping my skin.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
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