Waking Kiss Quotes

“You can put your bra back on if you want. A lot of people play in clothes.” I turned and gestured around the room, where absolutely no one was playing in clothes. “Maybe not tonight, but…”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“I wanted this girl, entitled asshole that I was, but I didn’t deserve her.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Too normal, I’d worry about. Too weird is perfectly fine.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Do you enjoy being cruel?”
“Jesus. That’s a really loaded question.”
“It’s a yes or no question.”
“And one I’d rather not answer if nothing’s going to happen between us.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“You’re the prince whose kiss awakened me after a hundred years. The wait was nothing.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“I have to help you, Ash. I can’t say no to what you’re asking, but I’m afraid I’ll hurt you in this process. I won’t mean to, but I will.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Maybe...Maybe this was one of those moments in life, one of those karmic incidents you had to embrace. Maybe the universe had put this man in my path for a reason. Maybe it wasn't coincidence that he'd been there to unlock the dressing room door.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Ashleigh was the answer to a prayer I hadn’t even known how to put together. She was all up in my boundaries, and it was a wonderful thing.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“I let go of control and fear and something else swept in to take their place. Surrender. Capitulation. Peace.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Some part of me was aroused by that trust. Another part of me felt like the wolf leading Red Riding Hood into the forest.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Then I wanted to lock her away where no one could touch her, where I wouldn’t even let her touch herself. I wanted to take away her safety and make her long for her mats and blankets. I wanted to clamp her and plug her and chain her and train her to grovel at my feet. When she was completely broken, when her will and soul were mine, then I’d give her mats and blankets back. That’s what I wanted.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“I’d come here to fuck Ashleigh Keaton. There was no way in hell I was staying out.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“See, tops are mostly into the sensation and pleasure of it. They play casually, for fun. Dominants are more serious about roles and rules, and usually more into the power exchange.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“...I looked up at the stars that were really flowers and thought about vanillas who were really kinky folks waiting to be born”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Dance better than you. Right. Because that’s so easy.” “No, it’s not easy. It’s hard, very hard. Something to strive for. Something to expire to.” “I think you mean ‘aspire,’” I said, although expire was probably more accurate.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Everything’s going to be okay.” “Everything’s not going to be okay,” I snapped. “I’m about to dance Sleeping Beauty with The Great Rubio.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“Key.” I shook my hands at him. “Key, key, key, key. Key!” “I’m sensing you need a key.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“I was ridiculously picky about my submissives, for a good reason. When I played, I liked to play hard.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss

“I wanted to fix her to a rack and flog her until she was sobbing, and then pillage every one of her holes until she begged me to stop. Then I wanted to lock her away where no one could touch her, where I wouldn’t even let her touch herself. I wanted to take away her safety and make her long for her mats and blankets. I wanted to clamp her and plug her and chain her and train her to grovel at my feet. When she was completely broken, when her will and soul were mine, then I’d give her mats and blankets back. That’s what I wanted.”
― Annabel Joseph, Waking Kiss