Desperation Quote by Pauline Réage

“He knew how she would love. He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. Her soul…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“No matter how much he loved her ... his need to fulfill his promise to Nathaniel would always prevail.”

— Aleatha Romig

“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like fucking a…

— Emily Maguire

“She did not delude herself into expecting Francis to love her. He had never been taught how to love, but had an arresting way…

— Buchi Emecheta

“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

“Because affection, she had learned, was such a civilized thing, compared to love. It exacted so much less and was therefore more enduring. And…

— Karen Fisher

“To love her was to taste sweet surrender. For had she not entered his life, he would have sought the wonders of both Heaven…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“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

“There was hardly a touch of earth in her love for Clare. To her sublime trustfulness he was all that goodness could be—knew all…

— Thomas Hardy

“He towered over her, as intense and savage as only he could be, making her feel small and delicate in comparison, surrounded by his…

— Cristiane Serruya

“His words put an ache in her heart. She wanted happily ever after more than he could possibly know. She wanted forever. Problem was,…

— Maya Banks

“She had taken her vows and then they had taken her, and the forces amassed against her were greater than love, greater than obligation.…

— Haven Kimmel