#bondage

A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#bondage #christian #civilization #debt #deprived

It is to TV that I owe my freedom from bondage of the Latin lover roles. Television came along and gave me parts to chew on. It gave me wings as an actor. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

#along #bondage #came #chew #freedom

But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#body #bondage #even #exist #freedom

The cause of bandha and moksha (bondage and liberation) is our own minds. If we think we are bound, we are bound. If we think we are liberated, we are liberated. . . . It is only when we transcend the mind that we are free from all these troubles. (117) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#liberation #thought #transcendance #yoga

When I want to.” He ran his finger over her lips. “You don’t get a vote, honey. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#bondage #erotic-romance #romance #erotic-romance

No. No, I don’t want my hands restrained.” “Yes. You do. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#bondage #erotic-romance #romance #erotic-romance

Put me down.” “Nope.” He held her snuggled to his bare chest, tipping her up so he could rub his cheek against hers. “I like carrying you. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#bondage #erotic-romance #romance #erotic-romance

God, he was an evil bastard, but boy was he good! ↗

— M.F. Roberts

#bondage #domination #erotic-fiction #erotic-short-stories #erotica

That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt. ↗

— Hall Caine

#carries #circle #corrupt #cry #expression

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them. ↗

— Samuel Hopkins

#bondage #expense #flagrant #folly #free