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The thing about ambivalence is that wanting something and fearing it can feed each other. The fear fed my desire. The desire scared me.
“But I suppose it comes down to whether you think dominance and submission are about acts or about people.”
― For Real
― For Real
“I have a sort of . . . thing, I suppose, for certain words. They spark inside me, somehow, turning me to touchpaper, but I don't know what they are until someone says them.”
― Waiting for the Flood
― Waiting for the Flood
“If it wasn't for werewolf cousins, there'd be far fewer fashion interns, It boys, graphic novelists, bespoke shoe boutiques, and sushi-haggis fusion restaurants in the world.”
― Iron & Velvet
― Iron & Velvet
“A soft pulse of desire went through me, not for sex or pain or humiliation or some other release, but for this, this quiet closeness. Someone to hold in the dark.”
― For Real
― For Real
“You don't really fall in love with a house. You fall in love with the life you could have in it.”
― Waiting for the Flood
― Waiting for the Flood
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