Dianna Watson

“The more he surrendered her, the more he would hold her dear. The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well, that she belonged to him: one can only give what belongs to you.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O

“To say that O began to await her lover the minute he left her is a vast understatement: she was henceforth nothing but vigil and night.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O

“As a matter of fact," the other voice went on, "if you do tie her up from time to time, or whip her just a little, and she begins to like it, that’s no good either. You have to get past the pleasure stage, until you reach the stage of tears.”
― Pauline Réage, Histoire d'O | Story of O

“The right to dispose of her body however they wished, in whatever place or manner they should choose, the right to keep her in chains, the right to whip her like a slave or prisoner for the slightest failing or infraction, or simply for their pleasure, the right to pay no heed to her pleas and cries, if they should make her cry out.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O