#master

When you have mastered fear then you have mastered all. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#fear #fearless #master-fear #overcome-fear #phobia

Rules. Even as the world of phone and computer sex (and dominance) were full of their own rules, so was the new world of doing-it-for real. And some of these new rules, (OK, most of them, Robin admitted) were just as silly as the ones she had learned and followed before. Safe words, for example. Magic words that when said by the bottom, stopped a scene so that some kind of inconvenient or dangerous activity could be halted. Robin had nothing against the concept......... Having a code to use so that you're free to pull against the bondage or whimper "no, no, no" seemed to be a great idea. But having all these possible ways to orchestrate what was happening seemed, well, contrary to the point........ I want to feel that I can't stop it. I want to be really mastered, taken over by someone who isn't goin to stop doing things because I'm not getting off on it. Someone who knows enough not to endanger me, unless that was what was intended......... ↗

— Laura Antoniou

#dominance #mastered #safe-words #bdsm

Some man would come to her room. Maybe she would hesitate, and he'd grab her, pin her to the mattress, force her to cooperate. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#cherise-sinclair #master-of-the-mountain #sex-fantasy #bdsm

He drank in her misery like fine wine, savoring every drop, letting it soothe his mind, his tension flowing out the fingertips that held the paddle. ↗

— Verity Ant

#masters-hunt #sadomasochism #bdsm

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. ↗

— Henry Adams

#else #fit #however #man #priest

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#decided #depth #itself #masters #quality

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#atmosphere #awe #being #himself #schoolmaster

I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#brutal #canada #consider #divorce #evil

The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that. ↗

— Stuart Appleby

#important #jeopardize #masters #sponsors #tournament

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#believing #evidence #full #knowledge #led