Like Dough Quote by Carmen Maria Machado

“I was hers in ways that those with loyalties of convenience cannot fathom. I loved her beyond words and clothes, and yes beyond even…

— Sonja Livingston

“She found it hard to believe that there would be any bold moves, because too many people had dirty flour in their bags, and…

— Sofi Oksanen

“Flakes of buttery dough melted on her tongue, rained into the décolletage of her dress, and scattered like her thoughts the moment a hint…

— Maggie Wells

“You have so much to offer, she was often told, as if she had a tray of cigarettes and candy perpetually strapped to her…

— Lily King

“He says: ‘it doesn’t matter. What I know is that I could do this with you’ — he makes a movement with his hands…

— Jean Rhys

“but this girl simply let my hands gather on her own small, plump hands, like flies gathering on someone who is taking a nap.”

— Yukio Mishima

“She got under your skin like a sliver of wood that’s always a little bit raw and irritated, never working its way out again.”

— J.S. Scott

“Her mouth contorted, and the wrinkles around her lips were like the dunes of a frosted cupcake. And I just wanted to lick her…

— Jarod Kintz

“He is very skillful. But she understands…that what's delicious is different for everyone.”

— Natsumi Ando

“Glancing round to see that no one was watching, I sniffed at it. The leather binding, soft and supple, was pungent, but it was…

— Linda Proud

“How could a person be clumsy, just standing? And yet she felt she was, as clumsy as one of those blocks of boxwood being…

— Margo Lanagan

“So she was well proportioned. So her hair was all glossy. So she looked as if her lips had never been the wrong side…

— Jonathan Stroud