Stalked by Seduction and Shadows (Eternal Obsession, #1)

by Maggie Sunseri

Fuck, why did I always speak like I had the fight to back myself up?

Wounded women tended to believe that men noticed but willfully ignored their mental states, desires, and needs in favor of their own selfish aims.

Most men and boys did not have even the slightest capacity to ascertain the complex emotional landscape of another person’s mind, least of all one belonging to someone they wanted to fuck.

The pain a living parent could inflict was much more excruciating than that of a dead one.

The stronger are the ones that accept that all pain, emotional and physical, are the most natural and inevitable parts of our existence. Those who find a way to make suffering beautiful again are the strongest of all.”

Don’t accept the half-love that you’ve grown accustomed to. Only accept the full, staggering devotion that you deserve. It’s what we all deserve. To feel wholeheartedly chosen, desired, secure, and nurtured. Anything less is theft.”