“He makes you the person you want to be,
instead of the person you are, and that, the idea of life without him is,
not only unbearable, it's unimaginable.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Anastasia, you should steer clear of me. I’m not the man for you,” he whispers.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“I love you, Anastasia. I will do everything in my power to protect you. I cannot imagine my life without you.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“But the only way you are going to sort the problem, whatever it is, is to talk it through with him. You can do all the thinking you like—but until you actually talk, you’re not going to get anywhere.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Follow your heart, darling, and please, please—try not to overthink things. Relax and enjoy yourself.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Don’t,” he murmurs, then kisses me lightly. “Why don’t you like to be touched?” I whisper, staring up into soft gray eyes. “Because I’m fifty shades of fucked up, Anastasia.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“And you decided that it was nice knowing me? Do you mean knowing me in the biblical sense?” Oh, shit. I flush. “I didn’t think you were familiar with the Bible.” “I went to Sunday school, Anastasia. It taught me a great deal.” “I don’t remember reading about nipple clamps in the Bible. Perhaps you were taught from a modern translation.” His lips arch with a trace of a smile, and my eyes are drawn to his mouth. “Well, I thought I should come and remind you how nice it was knowing me.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“The world of Katherine Kavanagh is very clear, very black and white. Not the intangible, mysterious, vague hues of gray that color my world. Welcome to my world.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“After you've taken so much trouble to set up recorder, you ask me now?”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“We cross the expansive, bustling lobby of the hotel toward the entrance, but Grey avoids the revolving door, and I wonder if that’s because he’d have to let go of my hand.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Which medieval chronicle did you escape from? You sound like a courtly knight.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“And the rules?” “No rules.” “None at all? But you have needs.” “I need you more, Anastasia. These last few days have been hell.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“You make me feel cherished.” “That’s because you are,” he murmurs,”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“We’ve chased the dawn, Anastasia, now the dusk,”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“In the back of my mind, my mother’s often-recited warning comes to me: Never trust a man who can dance.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Anastasia, you were comatose. Necrophilia is not my thing. I like my women sentient and receptive,” he says dryly.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“And the music … so much music—I cannot bear to hear any music. I am careful to avoid it at all costs. Even the jingles in commercials make me shudder.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“If you grow up with a wholly negative self-image, thinking you’re some kind of reject, an unlovable savage, you think you deserve to be beaten.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“All the times he’s alluded to my leaving once I knew his darkest secrets flash through my mind … and now I know. Shit. Master is dark.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Perhaps I’ve spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Is there a store you go to? Submissives ’Я’ Us?” He laughs. “Not exactly.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“I want my own Christian Grey :)”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.’ ”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Ana.” Elliot’s voice is clipped and quiet, and my scalp prickles ominously. “What’s wrong?” “It’s Christian. He’s not back from Portland.” “What? What do you mean?” “His helicopter has gone missing.” “Charlie Tango?” I whisper as all the breath leaves my body. “No!”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“I had no idea you’d all be so worried.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only—only—don’t make it more than I can bear!”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
“Weirdly, all the wood, dark walls, moody lighting, and oxblood leather makes the room kind of soft and romantic … I know it’s anything but; this is Christian’s version of soft and romantic.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Trilogy
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“The cashier – a bubble popping juvenile delinquent – asks me, “Will that be all?” I look at the bags of diapers that are now bagged in my cart and then at the empty belt. He is staring at me with his watery marijuana eyes, waiting for my answer.
“Um, no, I’d like all this invisible shit too.” I wave a hand at the conveyer and he is actually dumb enough to look.”
― Tarryn Fisher, quote from Dirty Red
“We pass the apartment we rented five years ago, when I swore off Florence. In summer, wads of tourists clog the city as if it's a Renaissance theme park. Everyone seems to be eating. That year, a garbage strike persisted for over a week and I began to have thoughts of plague when I passed heaps of rot spilling out of bins. I was amazed that long July when waiters and shopkeepers remained as nice as they did, given what they had to put up with. Everywhere I stepped I was in the way. Humanity seemed ugly—the international young in torn T-shirts and backpacks lounging on steps, bewildered bus tourists dropping ice cream napkins in the street and asking, “How much is that in dollars?” Germans in too-short shorts letting their children terrorize restaurants. The English mother and daughter ordering lasagne verdi and Coke, then complaining because the spinach pasta was green. My own reflection in the window, carrying home all my shoe purchases, the sundress not so flattering. Bad wonderland. Henry James in Florence referred to “one's detested fellow-pilgrim.” Yes, indeed, and it's definitely time to leave when one's own reflection is included. Sad that our century has added no glory to Florence—only mobs and lead hanging in the air.”
― Frances Mayes, quote from Under the Tuscan Sun
“Anger is the most useless emotion," Henchick intoned, "destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart.”
― Stephen King, quote from Song of Susannah
“What’s this war called again?”
“The Hundred Years War.”
“Hmmmm, got a bad feeling about this one.”
― Karl Wiggins, quote from Calico Jack in your Garden
“I spent so much time telling myself that this wasn't home that I started to believe it,” she said carefully. “Belonging has always been tough for me.”
“I can be your home,” he said quietly. “Belong to me.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, quote from The Girl Who Chased the Moon
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