Alexandra

“There's an accent shift, on average, every 25 miles in England”
― David Crystal, Ben Crystal

“You have trouble in finding answers because you have declared all the relevant material and subjects as taboo.”
― Danial Shamsi

“Eleanor…” He hesitated, and she felt his other hand come up to tilt her face up to his. “I need you…just for a few minutes…”

She read the hunger in his voice, the ache for what he"d lost, the grief…

“Take what you need, Curry,” she said quietly, her body yielding to his in an unspoken invitation.

“I won"t hurt you…” he whispered unsteadily as he bent to her upturned mouth, feeling it open deliciously as his lips touched it so that the restraint went out of him almost immediately. He lifted her across his knees and kissed her like a drowning man who never expected to feel a woman's softness again. There was desperation in the rough mouth invading hers, urgency. His arms contracted and hurt her, bringing a soft moan from her lips.”
― Diana Palmer, Dream's End

“Does this dress make me fat?”
“Of course it does. Don’t you own a mirror?”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine