Grace

“She rose with the grace that was inherent to her every move ... Perhaps she did everything to a rhythm only she could hear.”
― Eloisa James, Once Upon a Tower

“Is he your very first gingerbread man?'
She nodded.
'You eat him.'
'Eat his head?'
'I always start with the feet,' Edie suggested.
'But if I eat him, he'll be dead.'
'No, he'll be in your tummy,' Layla said. 'There's a difference.'
'I think I'd better eat his head first,' Susannah said ... 'That way he won't know what's happening to him.'
'That's a very kind thought,' Layla approved.”
― Eloisa James, Once Upon a Tower

“When you are lying in bed angry with your backs turned towards each other, imagine Satan sleeping in the space between you.”
― Mark Driscoll, Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, & Life Together

“You make it sound as if I hit her. I did nothing to Edie!'
'Oh? You did nothing? The woman I found in your wake, stripped of all self-repsect, convinced that she was a failure as a mother and a lover: that wasn't your work? Because I think it was!”
― Eloisa James, Once Upon a Tower