“You have captured me utterly, and you hold my heart in your hands. Be gentle with it. It's more fragile than you might think.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Wherever I am, you belong. You're mine. Say it.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“You humble me, Nikki. Don't you see that? It must be clear from my expression that I do not, because he goes on. "If I do all those things for you--soothe you, center you, give you strength--then that is worth more to me than every penny I have earned building Stark International.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“If that’s what it takes to protect you, I will leave you. Even if it kills me.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“How can you make love to me with only the whisper of a touch?
I'm a very resourceful man. I thought you knew.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Nikki, darling, light of my life. Can I have my driver take you to work?”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“He shifts so that I can see him better, then draws an "x" over his heart. I raise a brow, and he lifts two fingers in a Boy Scout salute. I hold back a laugh, and he holds up his pinkie finger. "Shall we pinkie swear ?”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“He cocks his head to the side as if listening. "There. Did you hear it?"
"What?"
"The clink of coins as I just earned a few thousand more."
I roll my eyes.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“He spent so long building walls to protect his privacy that I think he forgot to build a door.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“An entire empire needing his attention, and yet in that moment, I am his whole world.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Poor you.” I twist in his arms and plant a gentle kiss on his chin as he tightens the sash around my waist. “Just like Alexander. No worlds left to conquer.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Please, Damien. You can’t control the world? So what? Control me.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I believe a megalomaniac is someone who suffers from delusions about their own power. Trust me," he says, and this time I am certain I see mirth dancing in his eyes, "I suffer no delusions about the extent of my power.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Thank you. Right emotion. Crappy execution.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“And so I struggle against my bonds, not because I want to get free, not even because I want the pain. I want what it represents. That I am Damien’s. Bound to him. Marked by him. Claimed by him.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Don't you dare feel sorry for 'could have'.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“He won't be happy until he's banging the next big thing. And while he'd prefer a female, I think he'd fuck anything that moves if he thinks it'll ease his climb to the top. Male, female, or small farm animal.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I have no idea what time it is in London, and have had too much wine to bother with the math to figure it out.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I want it,” I repeat. “And not because I need the pain. But because I need you.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Your breasts. Your nipples. The insides of your thighs. I want you wet for me, baby. A little drunk and a whole lot wet.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“A game, yes. But I like it. In this game, there are no losers.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I think I understand what Damien needs. Not the pain, but the control.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Mostly, it will make me feel better. Please, Nikki. Right now I’m asking. Don’t make me demand.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I want to soothe him, want to stroke his cheek and run my fingers through his hair. I want to pull his head to my breast and whisper soft words, and I want to make love to him slowly and sweetly until the shadows of the night are gone and the morning light bathes us in color.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“You'll be thinking of me, won't you, baby.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I have to concede that I have often needed things that are not only bad for, but very, very dangerous.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“I assumed he knew that your coach was abusing you. I realized in the limo that he didn't."
For a moment, there is only silence. When Damien speaks, his words are ice cold. "He knew.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“There is power in his touch, power in the slightest look. He is a hard man who commands a billion-dollar enterprise, and right now I am simply one more thing that he owns.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“You owe me now, mister. You can't expect to steal a woman's pastry and get away with it.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“Wherever I am, you belong. You’re mine. Say it.”
― J. Kenner, quote from Claim Me
“In any case the friendships of later life, in contrast wih those negotiated before thirty, are apt to be burdened with reservations, constraints, inhibitions.”
― Anthony Powell, quote from A Dance to the Music of Time: 4th Movement
“A rigour passed over him,
blood rose into his cheeks, his forehead, and there was a steady thumping in his ears. It was first love.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, quote from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by,
You'd say to the wind when it took you away:
"That's where I wanted to go today!”
― A.A. Milne, quote from When We Were Very Young
“I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files
“leaders.’ Nebe snorted and went back round his desk. ‘You’re going to have to watch your mouth, Bernie,’ he said, half-amused. ‘Get to the funny bit.’ ‘Well, it’s this. A number of recent reports, complaints if you like, made to Kripo by those related to institutionalized people leads me to suspect that some sort of mercy-killing is already being unofficially practised.’ I leant forward and grasped the bridge of my nose. ‘Do you ever get headaches? I get headaches. It’s smell that really sets them off. Paint smells pretty bad. So does formaldehyde in the mortuary. But the worst are those rotten pissing places you get where the dozers and rum-sweats sleep rough. That’s a smell I can recall in my worst nightmares. You know, Arthur, I thought I knew every bad smell there was in this city. But that’s last month’s shit fried with last year’s eggs.’ Nebe pulled open a drawer and took out a bottle and two glasses. He said nothing as he poured a couple of large ones. I threw it back and waited for the fiery spirit to seek out what was left of my heart and stomach. I nodded and let him pour me another. I said: ‘Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any worse, you find out that they’ve always been a lot worse than you thought they were. And then they get worse.’ I drained the second glass and then surveyed its empty shape. ‘Thanks for telling me straight, Arthur.’ I dragged myself to my feet. ‘And thanks for the warmer.’ ‘Please keep me informed about your suspect,’ he said. ‘You might consider letting a couple of your men work a friend-and-foe shift on him. No rough stuff, just a bit of the old-fashioned psychological pressure. You know the sort of thing I mean. Incidentally, how are you getting on with your team? Everything working out there? No resentments, or anything like that?’ I could have sat down again and given him a list of”
― Philip Kerr, quote from Berlin Noir: March Violets / The Pale Criminal / A German Requiem
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