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“She stared at him breathlessly, seething. It was like hurling herself against a wall of granite, she thought disjointedly; fighting against him hurt her.…

— Teresa Denys

“He grasped her chin trying to make sense of her words, smearing her face with the blood of the people he had killed for…

— Konstantina P

“She was fierce in the presence of death, heroic even, as she was at no other time. Its threat gave her direction, clarity, audacity.”

— Toni Morrison

“marveling at this boldness and ease in her presence, and not for one second losing sight of her, though he did not look at…

— Leo Tolstoy

“His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion. She made…

— Mervyn Peake

“It was as though committing murders had purged him of lesser rudeness. Or perhaps, Starling thought, it excited him to see her marked in…

— Thomas Harris

“Finally, when she was shaking so much that he staggered with the violence of her pleasure, he drove her back against the wall and…

— Susan Napier

“She was beautiful and radiant. He remembered the concern in her eyes. The same concern drove her now, pushing her toward acts of violence.…

— Ilona Andrews

“And what was to become of what he had taken from her? He had dashed her heart to the ground and danced on it…

— V.S. Carnes

“Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a…

— Louisa May Alcott

“His strong jaw line was clenched tight, and a pair of startingly cool green eyes picked her apart with scientific precision. There was something…

— Frankie Rose

“He reached for one of her fidgeting hands, grasping hold. Her eyes met his then faltered, lowered and grazed over his damaged skin. Her…

— Lotchie Burton