Tender Mercies Quotes

“You may get me to say the word, but know this, you will never truly own me. That right belongs to my real master. You may take his symbol off my hip, but there will always be a scar that reminds us both what was there. And you might take his collar off my throat, but you'll never erase his name from my soul.”
― Kitty Thomas, Tender Mercies

“She thought she was wrong? He was the one who got a hard-on every time she looked up at him with those desperate, brown eyes. Everything in his brain screamed: Prey. Take. Use. He wasn't exactly proud of it, but there it was.”
― Kitty Thomas, Tender Mercies

“He made you believe you’d have lovely things and live kinkily ever after, didn’t he?”
― Kitty Thomas, Tender Mercies

“We can deny what we are, but it won’t go away. No matter what happens, your body responds to what it responds to. As does mine.”
― Kitty Thomas, Tender Mercies