Cowardice Quote by Gustave Flaubert

“He had carefully avoided her out of the natural cowardice that characterizes the stronger sex.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“She knew that sex was a means of getting ahead and saw nothing wrong in exploiting male weaknesses for her own purposes.”

— Alice Walsh

“He could feel the only woman he had ever wanted slipping away for the third time, and he knew that this time, the pain…

— Laura Lee Guhrke

“He was accustomed to women wanting him. What shocked him was the simple fact that he wanted her. Not hot, energetic sex. Not a…

— Anne Stuart

“her touch fire and bliss. He couldn’t hold out against her much longer. His defences were dropping with each passing second and now he…

— Jennifer Ashley

“At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressive as a lover, had tried…

— Aminatta Forna

“It’s the biggest cowardice of a man to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her back.”

— Derek Adam

“Dangerous, she thought, this was so dangerous. Too many pieces of her in his hands. She had to hold something back, some part of…

— Nalini Singh

“In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had unreasonably decided that you were a…

— John Lanchester

“He realized what had been disturbing him about her. With other women whom he had been with in similar situations, he had experienced a…

— Mary Gaitskill

“There was an aura about him that was staggering to her, making it difficult to think. It wasn't mere male heat and sensuality. It…

— Kresley Cole

“She preferred her men less intense and less—well, just less. What she was looking for was control. This man wasn’t tame enough for her…

— Destiny Booze