Affection Quote by Gail Carriger

“He desired her vaguely but without conviction. They walked together. He suddenly realized that she had always been very decent to him. She had…

— Albert Camus

“long ago and with open eyes she had made her own bargain with fate, attesting then that if love killed her as it might,…

— Kate O'Brien

“The consequences of this will come later. The hell with it. All of this felt right. He could collect her. Keep her forever. It…

— Calia Read

“She had seen what it cost him and her heart quickened with compassion. For that alone, she might have loved him almost.”

— Cecilia Dart-Thornton

“She deserved to be cherished, but all he could think was to hold her down and fuck her. She deserved to be worshipped, but…

— Skye Warren

“She deserved someone who could see what she had to give and would lover her for it. Who wouldn't turn away from her every…

— Monica McCarty

“She was beautiful-- but especially she was without mercy. He must own that strength that could send him away.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Whatever she suffered, whatever loss came to her, she would throw it off, for it was not in her nature to go under. Although…

— Winston Graham

“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’d said she loved him. She'd put that impossible, unimaginably beautiful gift in his hands and he’d thrown it back at her. To save…

— V.S. Carnes

“She believed that unadulterated devotion had its share of protective power, as if love were a steel grinder that Fates could not snip through.…

— Jodi Picoult

“She knew she'd wounded him when he'd least expected it, and her satisfaction lasted until the door had closed behind him. Once he was…

— Sharon Kay Penman