Quote by Diana Gabaldon

“Her fingers gripped my back. I knew that there would be marks, but I didn’t care. She could leave her mark. I wanted her…

— Jenni Moen

“Afterwards we lay together. I ran my fingers over his chest. I did not attempt to trace the patterns that wrote themselves at a…

— K.J. Charles

“His fingertips felt like whispers, telling my skin secrets.”

— Karina Halle

“And while his fingers explored, his eyes stayed on mine, filling the silence, and in them I saw the piece of me that he…

— Kate Stewart

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”

— Madeline Miller

“Even now, I hoped he would take my hand, and when he didn't, I felt my empty hand as if it were missing a…

— Jaclyn Dolamore

“And, suddenly, I want to touch him. Not a push, or a shove, or even a friendly hug. I want to feel the creases…

— Stephanie Perkins

“I had only to move my fingers a little a jab them into the soft tissues, gouge away his sight and give him more…

— Octavia E. Butler

“Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“His hands may have been the one to heal you, but it will be mine that awaken you.”

— Charlotte Featherstone

“Love, as he knew too well, could slice you to pieces and leave no visible scar.”

— Nora Roberts

“Now, these were wounds I could have healed with a single thought. Just to feel pain, sometimes, was enough to cancel it.”

— Matt Haig