Sarah Wands

“I so cherish these enlivening moments when you defy me even as a Blondy. When you react to me so humanly. I feel myself tingling right down to the center of my brain. I love how you look at me with such undisguised disdain. It's so endearing I want to rip out your beating heart and press it to my cheek.”
― Rieko Yoshihara, Ai no Kusabi Vol. 4: Suggestion

“The Man’s upturned blue eyes were so unimaginably beautiful that they could make anybody tremble with awe. In this moment, however they also glimmered with an icy fire, perhaps revealing the fury of his wounded pride, or rather, a manifestation of his uncontrollable obsession.”
― Rieko Yoshihara, Ai no Kusabi Vol. 1: Stranger

“Am I beautiful? It is for you alone. Say that you love me, for without you I cannot live.”
― Mary Renault, The Persian Boy

“...aveva dovuto credersi amato ben poco per non sentire che perderlo sarebbe stato per me il peggiore dei mali.”
― Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian