Dagger

“He wasn’t the man I thought he was. He was so much better, even when he tried to convince me he was worse, and I wanted him like nothing before. Not only physically but mentally and emotionally.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“Alex hadn’t held back, and that was what I’d wanted. Needed. Somehow, in choosing to let go, I’d never felt more powerful. Strength in weakness, control in submission.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love

“I love you," she whispered, "only you; no one but you. It was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Short Stories

“Aunt Tavie," she murmured to herself as she folded the letter and replaced it in the secretary. Already she gave herself a little demure air like her Aunt Tavie. She walked with a slow glide in unconscious imitation of Mademoiselle Tavie whom some youthful affliction had robbed of earthly compensation while leaving her in possession of youth's illusions.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Short Stories