#bid

Fine. Stay. I don’t care,” I rolled onto my side and closed my eyes. “But don’t think I’m going to share the bed!” ~Touching Smoke ↗

— Airicka Phoenix

#young-adult-paranormal #young-adult-romance #love

Miranda, there is nothing I would rather do that fuck you. She flinched at his bluntness and Ethan's frown darkened. Don't recoil from that word. It is exactly what I want. I don't want to make love to you like a gentleman. I want to pound into you. I want to tie you down and make you beg. I want to lick every inch of your body until you're so wet with need that I almost slide out of you on every damned stroke. ↗

— Jess Michaels

#love

I don’t know how to dance!” she said. His arms tightened around her when she tried to pull away. “Then just let me hold you. ↗

— Airicka Phoenix

#young-adult-paranormal #young-adult-romance #love

Id Faciam What I hate I love. Ask the crucified hand that holds the nail that now is driven into itself, why. ↗

— Catullus

#love

Y la madre creyó a la serpiente, porque en todas las religiones de los hombres la serpiente conoce el misterio de las vidas que pueblan los mundos. ↗

— Horacio Quiroga

#juan-darién #quiroga #sabiduría #serpiente #religion

You know,” said Jehangir, breaking the silence, “it's only Muslims who use the term 'innovation' to mean something bad. ↗

— Michael Muhammad Knight

#extremism #fundamentalism #islam #religion #religion

You try to leave and I will hunt you down." Relief poured through her, but she smacked at his thigh with the back of her brush. "Like a rabid dog? Very romantic. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#rabid-dog #talin #romantic

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#any #carry #city #discipline #forbidden

I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage. ↗

— Ed Balls

#back #bidding #define #defined #doing

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#developed #dogs #fear #i #morbid