SnowBite

“Every wolf in the world now howled a prothalamion outside the window as she freely gave him the kiss she owed him.

What big teeth you have!

She saw how his jaw began to slaver and the room was full of the clamour of the forest's Liebestod but the wise child never flinched, even as he answered: All the better to eat you with.

The girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody's meat.”
― Angela Carter, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories

“In medieval India, the Hindu Vaishnava system of bhakti-yoga (devotional yoga) developed highly sophisticated categories of relation (rasa) to God, including santa (awe and reverence), vatsalya (parental attitude toward God), dasya (servant of God), sakhya (being friends and playmates with God), and madburya (passionate, romantic love).”
― Siobhan Houston, Invoking Mary Magdalene: Accessing the Wisdom of the Divine Feminine

“I know that age, it's a particularly obstinate one, and a thousand bogies won't make you fear the future. A pity we can't change over.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“The girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody's meat.”
― Angela Carter, The Company of Wolves