Alexandra fustian_miss

“Do you ever get the feeling that when you show someone your affection for them, you are assaulting them? Like you should probably leave them alone? Your affection, no matter how sincere, does not necessarily mean a damn thing to the person you are giving it to. Love can corner you. When you intrude on someone with your affection, you might find yourself trying to knock a strong door down with your shoulder. Either you break the door or you break yourself. Something almost always gets broken. In my mind it runs like this:
I’m going to like you, whether you like it or not. I’ll wear you down until you relent and swallow this big lie I have for you. Don’t move. Don’t live. I love you.”
― Henry Rollins, The First Five

“I saw the way Rathbone looked at you,” he said, taking a little nip at the delicate curve of her ear.

She gave a little squeak, so he did it again, feeling the tremor that ran through her body.

“He wants you. I saw the way you were laughing together. He was seeing you for the first time, the way I did.”

“Amazing how many blind men there are in London,” she said.”
― Eloisa James, Winning the Wallflower

“Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny.”
― Margaret Thatcher

“She shrugged and, with one
gulp, drank half a glass of champagne.
“How long has she been like this?” The look on Edie’s father’s face was edging from half to threequarters
barbarian.
“Oh, about two years,” Edie said, considering. “In the stages of marital harmony, I’d say the two
of you are at about stage eight of ten—ten being the slough of utter despond.”
― Eloisa James, Once Upon a Tower