Laura

“Senza riflettere spronò il baio per abbracciare, con intento di morte, l’orda degli avversari. Quando i bructeri superstiti videro il romano con la lorica muscolata, il mantello rosso svolazzante e la spada sguainata precipitarsi su di loro, verso il suicidio, si eccitarono al punto da perdere ogni prudenza, dimenticando tutti i morti dietro di loro.
Aquilato fece abbassare gli archi dopo un ultimo tiro e poi fu lui a ordinare la carica.
I Batavi seguirono il romano.
Quel folle romano.”
― Adele Vieri Castellano, Roma 39 d.C.: Marco Quinto Rufo

“I hope you find a place in your life when you can let go and be happy. But I’m not a dirty secret. I’m not bad and wrong for being comfortable with myself, and I won’t let you make me feel that way.”
― Lauren Dane, Laid Bare

“Shhh.” He put a finger to her lips. “Hear me out. I cannot deny that I would've liked to have made babies with you. A little girl with your hair and eyes would've been the delight of my life. But it is you that I want primarily, not mythical children. I can survive the loss of something I've never had. I cannot survive losing you. (Winter Makepeace)”
― Elizabeth Hoyt, Thief of Shadows

“Kisses should not leave you satisfied. They should leave you wanting.”
― Sarah MacLean, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake