Quote by Graeme Simsion

“As soon as he touched her she seemed to wince and stiffen. To embrace her was like embracing a jointed wooden image. And what…

— George Orwell

“I wanted to hold her, but still have her move freely in my arms. I wanted to taste her lips and breathe in a…

— Brittainy C. Cherry

“and opening her arms wide, took my curly head within them, and gave it a good squeeze. I know it was a good squeeze,…

— Charles Dickens

“Her body pressed against his felt like the most natural thing in the world, and the way she fit against him as though they…

— Jessica Park

“I couldn’t resist the chance to move closer to her than I could ever get as coworkers or friends; to feel her body pressed…

— Kat Colburn

“Quite unselfconsciously she ran her hands along her neck, all along the sides and then to the back to feel the stiffnesses, and though…

— Edna O'Brien

“It was a singular sensation to be held so gently and yet so fiercely, to be stared down at with so much love.”

— Kate DiCamillo

“A woman could become a slave to those experienced hands. He touched her with perfect sensuality, drawing acute pleasure from her sore flesh. Leaning…

— Lisa Kleypas

“I wanted to reach out and stroke her, to be gentle and tender towards her. Take care of her.”

— James Lusarde

“To kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle’s shoulder.”

— Leonard Cohen

“I felt that I did not really remember her except through the pain, and I longed for the nails that riveted her to my…

— Marcel Proust

“What she wanted was right there, between them, pressed against her stomach—so big and accessible and user-friendly—neatly covered and ready to go.”

— Suzanne Brockmann