Alice Thompson

“What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.”
― Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“During the night he'd kicked off a sock; his toes were plump as early peas; it was all she could do not to taste his caramel skin. So much of the language of love was like that: you devoured someone with your eyes, you drank in the sight of him,you swallowed him whole. Love was sustenance, broken down and beating through your bloodstream.”
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes

“What one person sees as degrading and disgusting and bad for women might make some women feel empowered and beautiful and strong.”
― Sasha Grey