The Education of Ivy Leavold Quotes

“Why do I need you so much?” he asked, his voice quieted by my chest. “Why do I want to cherish you and break you at the same time?”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“So you lied.” I don’t know why I was angry that the town gossip had lied—it was like being angry that a hawk had eaten a rabbit. But still, on Julian’s behalf, I felt furious.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“Give yourself entirely over to me right now. Yes, out in the world and in our marriage, you are your own woman, and I would not have it any other way. But in our bed, you are mine; your thoughts, your actions, your gasps, and your moans. They are all mine, and I would not have that any other way.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“And the first thing to know about anal sex is that you need lubrication. Lots of lubrication. Otherwise, it may hurt you.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“What do you know about anal sex, Miss Leavold?”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“He had always seen this in me, this need to be mastered, and he had given it, as he had given me his heart.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“I had prided myself on being independent, but there was something so primally comforting about ceding control. When he mastered me, I felt a burden lift that I didn’t even know was there, the burden of emotional self-sufficiency and isolation. And that’s why he was right—I did like him dangerous and unsafe. Because, however perverse it might be, when he took my body, he was showing me that he was going to take care of me, in all the ways that I needed.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“So when I tease you, when I deprive you, all I’m doing is reminding your body—your soul—that it needs mine. And as you yearn, you will know that I am being reminded too. That even when we are not joined, we still are connected, on a deeper level.” His mouth softened, warmth suffusing the lines of his face. “Do you understand now?”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“We were meant to be together. You were born to be Ivy Markham. I was born to love you. When I’m deep inside you, I feel my heart beat in tandem with yours. Can you feel it?”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“feel like you and I are one person, one soul split into two bodies, and when we’re joined, it almost feels like that spirit is whole again.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“Precious wildcat,” he whispered. “Quiet your jealousy, quiet your fear. You are safe with me. You are loved with me.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“I don’t want you to buy me things,” I said. “I want you to fuck me.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“He was wild and feral, like myself. We were the same—solitary animals forced into human skin.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“Iwoke from sleeping like a tree wakes from winter, unfurling my limbs and stretching, feeling promise and contentment in the future, though I did not know exactly why.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“Julian Markham. My poison. My forbidden fruit.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“Perfect love casts out all fear, I recalled my childhood curate saying—and my love was far from perfect. But it was still trying valiantly, a bird beating the air with broken wings.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“He is invited to help me please you. But,” and here he stopped and faced me entirely, “you have the final say on Silas. I want him to touch you and sample you because it gets me hard knowing how much you arouse other men and that they’ll never be able to fuck you as I do. I think he would make you feel good—he is very skilled. But you are my own, my own wildcat, and if you only want me to touch you, I understand.” I”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“his fucking an alchemy that transmuted my days-long torment into a bliss I could’ve never imagined.”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold

“Why do I want to cherish you and break you at the same time?”
― Sierra Simone, The Education of Ivy Leavold