#submission

So you’ll get your kicks by exerting your will over me.” “It’s about gaining your trust and your respect, so you’ll let me exert my will over you. I will gain a great deal of pleasure, joy, even in your submission. The more you submit, the greater my joy – it’s a very simple equation.” “Okay, and what do I get out of this?” He shrugs and looks almost apologetic. “Me,” he says simply. ↗

— E.L. James

#christian-grey #submission #respect

In reality of everyday occurrences I've had to submit to people in order not to lose them. It's less the submission that bothers me, I guess, than how it makes my life miserable. And what happens if I can't forgive myself for making that choice? And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself? What am I supposed to do? Conclusion: It'd be best if I'm destroyed. The best thing is for me just to vanish. ↗

— Natsuo Kirino

#regret #submission #suicide #forgiveness

Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit. ↗

— George III

#bringing #colonies #country #due #left

Even their insistence on educating their children, the last reflex of any exploited group before it sank into submission, marked the end of their resistance. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#culture #defeat #domination #education #exploitation

What was the point in satin and lace if it didn't make a man struggle to speak? ↗

— Alexandra Ivy

#power #submission #undergarments #women #lust

Смирението не значи да си малодушен и бездеен. То не води нито до фатализъм, нито до капитулация. Точно обратното. В смирението е заложена сила – сила, извираща отвътре. Който се подчини смирено на божественото естество на живота, ще пребъде в невъзмутимо спокойствие и мир, дори когато целият широк свят е хвърлен в смут. ↗

— Elif Shafak

#love

The 'Dance of Love' is much more of a dialogue, one takes the lead and the other follows. One dictates a step and the other carries it out. One determines the direction, the other determines the distance travelled in a given figure. One sets the pace, the other reveals the grace. One understands the language of the other and knows what is coming next. The one leading leads with love and respect; never seeing the follower as being weak or inferior. And in the same manner, the one following follows with Trust and Submission; never feeling too big to be led or scared to jump. There is a blind assurance that someone is there to catch. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#dance #dance-of-love #dialogue #direction #distance

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

— M.F. Roberts

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

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#anthologies #comers #editors #established #feet

I stayed in submission to my husband, and he allowed me to do anything I wanted to. I felt like I was lucky to have that kind of romance. ↗

— June Carter Cash

#anything #felt #husband #i #kind