“His touch was like heroin in my veins, and I was a grateful addict.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“He said it with everything he did, every touch, every caress, every physical pleasure he bestowed upon me. Give it all to me. Give me your will.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“I'm your responsiblity now. You created me. You made me this way. This is your fucking mess. If you suddenly care about morality, then don't make me go. "Let me stay. I'll be your slave. I'll be your whore. I'll never fight you. I won't disobey. Whatever you want, just don't make me go back. Please. I can't live in that world anymore. You know it's true. I just want to be yours.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“I know I need him. And I hope he needs me. What we have is fucked up and twisted, but it serves a need. I know I've always been wired differently. He only brought to the surface what was already there.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“If you haven't developed morals by the time you start reading erotica, it's probably too late.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“He always gave me choices. Or maybe what he gave me was force wrapped in the pretty package of pretend free will.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“Over months of being with him, my prison had become my sanctuary, and now that I was free, the world was my prison. There was nowhere left to run.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“I'd convinced myself it would have been different if he'd been as ugly on the outside as he was on the inside, but he wasn't. He was cruel beauty, a sculpture, a god, and I couldn't tear my eyes from him. I'd seen his expression soften in the dungeon with the whip. I'd do anything to have him look at me like that again, no matter how insane he was.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“People always think that they'll never break. They'll never give in, CIA operatives somehow crack, but not them”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“Blackmail.
It was the socially-approved equivalent of blow me, and I'll get you some of the good stuff.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“He'd gone from being just my tormentor to being my tormentor and protector, though I needed protection from nothing but him.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“Can I take a few things?"
Mementos. How fucked up was that? I wanted reminders of my imprisonment.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“And that was when I knew. I had to kill him.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“Fiction had sold me pretty lies, and none of them did me any good now.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“In our modern age, some are concerned about the practice of keeping animals caged. Although this is a valid concern, unfortunately once an animal has lived in captivity for so long, it’s more cruel to release them back into the wild. They no longer have the survival skills. This is more true for those born into captivity, but is also”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“I dog-eared the page and closed the book, letting it fall to the floor and looked up at him. The”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“I couldn’t scream because he was taking such good care of me. He’d gotten me bandages. The”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“Monsters aren’t supposed to be beautiful.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“No . . . please don’t leave me. I’ll be your whore. I’ll be whatever you want, please.” I”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“His touch was like heroin in my veins,and I was a grateful addict.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“He smiled that soulless smile that made me feel warm and like I was dying all at the same time.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“I found myself wanting the monster because it was honest, a level of honesty most go their entire lives without confronting, always content to hide behind their social masks and business cards. It”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“Where he’d wanted her to remain very still, she saw he’d spelled out a word with wax. Mine. She”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“His hands skimmed across my flesh, cupping my breasts, stroking my back where the blood was slowly pooling. His touch was like heroin in my veins, and I was a grateful addict.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“And despite all the empowering speeches and the women’s movement, in the grand scheme . . . women are prey.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“When you’re a part of society there are certain behaviors that aren’t okay. If you do these behaviors and then feel nothing, that’s worse. But I’ve been trying to determine when I’ve ever been a part of society.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“You see, I've never been free. Not one day of my life. I've always given in to the wants and needs of those around me. My confidence has always been a social mask and my success as a motivational speaker was because my mask was just so damn convincing. At times, even to me.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“But I've never followed my own will. What I wanted. It was always what you guys wanted. Or what society wanted. Or I almost took my pills like a good little girl, had my cathartic trauma moment, and put the pieces of my world back together so everyone could say how brave and good I was. Almost. But I couldn't. As I write this letter I can't decide whether I'm acting from strength or weakness, but I know that I'm acting for the first time of my own will. Yes, I know that's hard to accept.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
“unfortunately once an animal has lived in captivity for so long, it’s more cruel to release them back into the wild. They no longer have the survival skills.”
― Kitty Thomas, quote from Comfort Food
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“God's will isn't hidden away like the myths and philosophies and knowledge of the world. Jesus told us openly and daily what his will for us is. Love one another.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn
“More often than not, these attempts at sociability ended in painful silence. His old friends, who remembered him as a brilliant student and wickedly funny conversationalist, were appalled by what had happened to him. Tom had slipped from the ranks of the anointed, and his downfall seemed to shake their confidence in themselves, to open the door onto a new pessimism about their own prospects in life. It didn't help matters that Tom had gained weight, that his former plumpness now verged on an embarrassing rotundity, but even more disturbing was the fact that he didn't seem to have any plans, that he never spoke about how he was going to undo the damage he'd done to himself and get back on his feet. Whenever he mentioned his new job, he described it in odd, almost religious terms, speculating on such questions as spiritual strength and the importance of finding one's path through patience and humility, and this confused them and made them fidget in their chairs. Tom's intelligence had not been dulled by the job, but no one wanted to hear what he had to say anymore, least of all the women he talked to, who expected young men to be full of brave ideas and clever schemes about how they were going to conquer the world. Tom put them off with his doubts and soul-searchings, his obscure disquisitions on the nature of reality, his hesitant manner. It was bad enough that he drove a taxi for a living, but a philosophical taxi driver who dressed in army-navy clothes and carried a paunch around his middle was a bit too much to ask. He was a pleasant guy, of course, and no one actively disliked him, but he wasn't a legitimate candidate?not for marriage, not even for a crazy fling.”
― Paul Auster, quote from The Brooklyn Follies
“Having you wrapped around me all night, feeling you coming around my fingers, now wrapped in a towel and knowing what’s under that shit and not being able to do a damn thing about it is my worst fucking nightmare.”
― Aurora Rose Reynolds, quote from Until November
“It was dark, so I couldn't make out much of her face, but she had brilliant red hair, like honey and roses and the sun altogether.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard
“He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars and planets ...”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, quote from The Prince of Mist
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