Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac.
Kele Moon, Beyond Eden.
“Can you find beauty in darkness, Eve?" Danny asked.She nodded. "Yes.""Then look for it," he said softly.”
“Can I tell you that in my eyes not even God would be good enough to command you?”
“He kissed him like a man starved, thrusting his tongue past his parted lips and drowning himself in the taste and feel of Paul after three weeks without him.”
“Are you going to cry when you hand your Evie Girl over to me? You never cry for me. I think Id like to see it.”
“Tasting what could have beenwhat should have beendidn't make it easier.”
“Danny couldn't help it, he laughed as he shook his head. "You bit the apple.""I bit the apple," Paul agreed. His eyes glimmered bright blue as tears welled up in them and he gave Danny a soft smile.”
“When the power of the shift rips the human body apart and transforms it into its new shape, there lives a second, less than a second, a mere shimmer of time when the mind is without a home, no body...”
“He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. His other arm holds me firmly in place around my waist. This is mine, he whispers aggressively. Al...”
“In the world of animals, pain serves an equivocal role. Parental nips and swipes are common tools in upbringing. And socially, pain is sometimes used to maintain hierarchies of dominance. But this ...”
“I want my world to start and end with you.”
“You know how you have a good meal and you got gravy left on the plate. The gravy was so good that you dont want to leave it on the plate but you dont want to be a pig about it? So you take your bre...”
“She rubbed her cheek on his chest like a sleepy cat. I like when you hold me.Dios, she was going to break his heart. I like when I hold you too.”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
“Fear is all in the mind”
