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“You are no one in my life,” she said in a voice fraught with tension. “You cannot tell me what to—”
“Oh, I can,” he bit out, his voice a gravelly purr that abraded her skin and sparked something inside her. His hand slid around her nape and hauled her closer. His pirate’s eyes swallowed her up and forced all the air out from her lungs in one great rush. “I will.”
She opened her mouth to protest, but his mouth covered hers. Claimed her. It was the only word for it. This was a taking. And she the taken.”
― Sophie Jordan, While the Duke Was Sleeping

“You don't have to go through this hell alone, Sam."
"Go through hell?" She snorted in clear derision. "Please. I don't merely go through it. I own the f*cking place!”
― Susan A. Bliler, Bellis

“If it’s grouse season,” Gabriel pointed out acidly, “and you’re keeping company with a flock of grouse on a grouse-moor, it’s a bit disingenuous to ask a sportsman to pretend you’re not a grouse.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Spring

“I ain't gotta do nothing but stay Black and die. And Michael Jackson and Jesus showed even those two are optional.”
― Naima Simone, Huntsman