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1 " It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” —Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata "
― L.J. Shen , The Kiss Thief
2 " Young and Beautiful "
3 " So he did not share a bed with his partners, did not perform oral sex, and was not interested in forming a relationship with a woman. I didn’t know much about the world of dating, but I was pretty certain my future husband wasn’t a great catch. "
4 " The notion that you can touch me or what’s mine in any way, other than sucking my cock whenever I’m generous enough to allow it, amuses me. Why don’t we get to know each other over dinner tonight before you make any more declarations you can’t back up? "
5 " I’m guessing she’s a soon-to-be trophy wife. Speaks five languages, looks like an angel, and probably fucks like a siren. "
6 " A story of a Nemesis and a Villain with no chance at a happy ending. Where the prince doesn’t save the princess. He tortures her. And the beauty doesn’t sleep. She’s stuck. In a nightmare. "
7 " used to say that pride was the most exquisite jewelry a woman could wear even when you’re naked. "
8 " am a rusty barbwire, twisted together, knotted into a ball of fear. "
9 " No love is fully requited. No love is equal. No love is fair. There is always one side that loves more. And you better not be that side—because it suffers "
10 " The Creation of Adam. "
11 " dragged my chair back before she had the chance to smash my balls with her stilettos. "
12 " To Brittany Danielle Christina and Jacquie Czech Martin, and to strong women everywhere. May we be them, may we raise them, may we support them. "
13 " Two things people should be grateful for without asking—love and to be saved. You are offered both. Yet, my dear, you seem quite ungracious. "
14 " Our first dinner as an engaged couple. "
15 " I need time.” The words broke me. Maybe because they were brutally honest. "
16 " I’d imagined our kiss countless times before, but I’d never expected it to feel like this. Like home. Like oxygen. Like forever. "
17 " I flew directly into my cage, asking him to lock me inside. Because the beautiful lie was far more desirable than the awful truth. The cage was warm and safe. No harm could find me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, burying my head in his steel chest and holding my breath to prevent the next sob. "
18 " Your love story started off on the wrong foot, but it will be magnificent precisely because of that. "
19 " Angelo: It was always you, goddess. "
20 " Is it you that I love. It is you whom I want. It is you whom makes living a spectacular thing I want to experience, rather than participate in reluctantly, every day. "