The Value of Vulnerability Quotes

“. . . the only way to tell off an asshole was face-to-face and to look fantastic doing it. So, here she was, with perfect makeup, hair done in a riot of waves that had taken a ridiculously long time to create, and a brand new screw you and the horse you rode in on dress laid out on her bed.”
― Roberta Pearce, The Value of Vulnerability

“I don’t like being kidnapped. Or manipulated.”

“I’ve done neither, silly. Though I’d like to hear about your other kidnap incidents. The aspects that put you off the experience.”
― Roberta Pearce, The Value of Vulnerability

“His discontent stemmed from dislike rather than appreciation for the hardness growing in him, and the fear that in another ten years he would not recognise himself. The fear that in another twenty, he would not even remember that any doubt had disturbed him. And that in some distant future, age and death would find him—the first person in history to utter on his deathbed: I wish I’d spent more time at the office.”
― Roberta Pearce, The Value of Vulnerability

“Dressed to strip?’

'You know—expensive clothes that feel good in your hands while you take them off him.”
― Roberta Pearce, The Value of Vulnerability

“. . . I don’t believe that celebrity spokeswomen get their hair colour from a box.”
― Roberta Pearce, The Value of Vulnerability

“Admiring and a little overwhelmed by the simple opulence of the limousine’s interior, she shook snowflakes from her scarf and tresses, hoping the rare effort she had put into doing her hair was not entirely ruined.

This is what you’re thinking? Not: You just got into a strange car to do some verbal sparring with a strange out-of-your-league man you’ve already tagged as dangerous?

Nope. Thinking about the hair. Totally.”
― Roberta Pearce, The Value of Vulnerability