Quote by Leigh LaValle

“And his distress over her distress distressed him even more.”

— Leigh LaValle

“He was watching her, testing the edges of her emotions and believing she was unaware of what he was doing. So she gave him…

— Melissa Marr

“He was doing the right thing. No matter how painful, no matter how upset she thought she was now…in the long run, ending it…

— Elisabeth Naughton

“For just this moment, he wanted her to see him for who he was, without the pity he knew she'd feel when she found…

— Travis Neighbor Ward

“And now, she knew her husband had lied to her. So many years, following him to so many places, and he had repaid her…

— Roxane Gay

“She accused him of not thinking she was enough for him? The woman was entirely too much for him! She made him want to…

— Sarah MacLean

“She felt abused, used, cherished, and pleasured. She despised him. She loved him. She mistrusted him. She had complete faith in him. “Ah!”

— Connie Brockway

“She lost herself in infinite dismay when she thought of the magnitude of his deception.”

— Henry James

“And because she was young, and so damn clever and amusing and wonderful, wherever she made her home, there would be some man who…

— Sarah J. Maas

“After she had gone he sat on alone, and the lie was still bitter to his spirit as he sat there, and he covered…

— Radclyffe Hall

“It was a fact that he hadn’t lied to her--except for the time he had promised to cut out her tongue and hadn’t. She…

— Catherine Anderson

“She wasn’t going to lie and she wasn’t going to try to hide Terrible or who he was. She loved him and he was…

— Stacia Kane