Odette

“The opposite of love is not hate; it is use. Use is the abuse of love; in fact, it betrays love. When we use another person, we place their needs below our own, but worse yet, we place their value and dignity below ours.”
― Leah Darrow, The Other Side of Beauty: Embracing God's Vision for Love and True Worth

“Light travels faster than sound – this is why some people appear bright until they speak.”
― Keith Foskett, The Journey in Between

“But the truth that I did not understand at the time was that God did not make our bodies for public consumption or consumerism. We are not the sum of our physical attributes and what we can contribute to others' satisfaction. All those thoughts about how we are not good enough, skinny enough, or perfect enough are, quite plainly, lies.”
― Leah Darrow, The Other Side of Beauty: Embracing God's Vision for Love and True Worth

“Hush, I’m here.”She curls around him, her limbs cocooning him, her warmth leeching into his body, forcing back the shadows, forcing back the fear. She is sunshine, she is light…she is his.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades Freed