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“She stared at him breathlessly, seething. It was like hurling herself against a wall of granite, she thought disjointedly; fighting against him hurt her.…

— Teresa Denys

“The need to lie by her side and gather her to him was so fierce that it made him weak.”

— Melina Marchetta

“He knew that she took life as it came, opposed her tough-fibered mind to whatever obstacles there might be, fought on with a determination…

— Margaret Mitchell

“Most of all she wanted him to know how she loved him, now that the fact was upsetting everything, now that she was walking…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She was an extension of his dreams. A sprinkling of magic dust, of unfeasible wishes, on his stable existence. The one thing-the one bright,…

— V.S. Carnes

“...she thought with pity of all the men and women who were not light-hearted when they loved, who were cold, who were reluctant, who…

— Daphne du Maurier

“It made her want to stand up next to him and fight. Fight to stay alive long enough to live out her life next…

— Lauren Kate

“Her tone held a challenge. She did not need his condemnation or what his pity. Once, she had wanted his love, but that time…

— India Drummond

“She did not hate Clent for the way he had spoken. For most of her life she had been at the mercy of stronger…

— Frances Hardinge

“Because it was true. He was hopelessly entangled. With wanting her to be happy, and to be safe. But most importantly, with wanting her…

— Vivian Arend

“He wanted to protect her and fuck her and comfort her and destroy her all at once. The chaos of his emotions coiled around…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“There was apparently nothing extraordinary in what she said, but what unutterable meaning there was for him in every sound, in every turn of…

— Leo Tolstoy