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Zane brought her hand to his chest, over his heart and she felt the strong rapid beat through his shirt. “Feel that?” His throat worked as he swallowed. “It would break if I fell for you and anything happened that would take you away from me.” --Zane to Willow in 'The Edge of Sin' in the Real Men Last all Night anthology ↗

— Cheyenne McCray

#heartbreaking #sexy #men

But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord." "It might to keep it open. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#diplomacy #fear #power #men

Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#rest #men

Angels had fallen, men have sinned. It does not mean that God has failed. ↗

— Toba Beta

#god #men #men

Hear, hear.' Sister Martha hoisted her water glass. 'Let the rigid stick of self-righteousness be dislodged from her very uptight ass.' Father Ramon coughed. 'A-fucking-men,' Loup supplied helpfully. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#convent #dystopian #orphanage #toast #men

I don't love men that love other women. I think more of myself then that. ↗

— Rose The Vampire Diaries

#rose #the-vampire-diaries #women #love

He said, 'Damianos.' Before Damen could tell him to rise, he heard it again, echoed in another voice, and then another. It was passing over the gathered men in the courtyard, his name in tones of shock and of awe. The steward beside Nikandros was kneeling. And then four of the men in the front ranks. And then more, dozens of men, rank after rank of soldiers. And as Damen looked out, the army was dropping to its knees, until the courtyard was a sea of bowed heads, and silence replaced the murmur of voices, the words spoken over and over again. 'He lives. The King's son lives. Damianos.' ↗

— S.U. Pacat

#damianos #men

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#soul #men

Ariel laughed and now her goose bumps had goose bumps. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#laughter #men #men-and-women #men

Tis all a Chequer-board of nights and days Where Destiny with men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates,and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#men