Nadia

“Everyone knows a wife and kids tie you down. What people miss sometimes is that mates, the proper kind, they do the same just as hard. Mates mean you've settled, made your bargain: this, wherever you are together, this is as far as you're going, ever. This is your stop; this is where you get off.”
― Tana French, The Secret Place

“If you let lesser people determine your self-worth, you'll never reach higher than their limited imagination.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Approval warmed his eyes. "This is what submission is, Rona," he said as he clipped her cuff to the overhead chain. "I can overpower you easily enough, but that's abuse. In domination, the only power I wield is what you freely give me.”
― Cherise Sinclair, Simon Says: Mine

“Cowards never start. The weak never finish. Winners never quit.”
― Cherise Sinclair, Lethal Balance