Amber Graves

“True love means you love the real person, not an ideal that you have in your head and superimpose over them. That's illusion and lies to me.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Don’t fuss. I love you just as you are, Mercy. I don’t need to swallow you whole, I don’t need to be in your head at all times. I just need to know that you’re there.”
― Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned

“And your excuse?' I asked.
'I'm a sociopath; I don't have to be nice,' Nicky said.
I gave him a look.
'You're mad at him.I can feel it; which means I really don't have to be nice to him.'
'I thought you were friends.'
'What part of sociopath didn't you understand?' he asked.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Be as pissed off as you want to be. Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike or some such nonsense. We shouldn’t be shamed out of our anger. We should be using it. Using it to make change in our own lives, and using it to make change in the lives around us. (I know, I’m cheesy.) So the next time someone calls you emotional, or asks if you’re PMSing, call them on their bullshit.”
― Jessica Valenti, He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know