It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.
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Related The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke. ARUNDHATI ROY He firmly pulled her body against his and he brushed her lips with his. Staring into her eyes, he li... LANEY SMITH Abortion is not health care. A woman has a right to her body, but that is not her body. What about t... ALVEDA KING Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders... LISA KLEYPAS He knelt down beside her and slowly rubbed a soft, muculent mix on her bare skin like a sculptor at ... MIRETTE BAGHAT That was not necessary to do what he did to her body. That's a utility to prevent screaming. VERNON GEBERTH If a man truly wants to communicate with his wife, he must enter her world of emotions. GARY SMALLEY He wanted to wake up every morning to her. Go to sleep with his body wrapped tightly around hers. He... CHRISTINE FEEHAN He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's face: the nudity of that feminine body had rise... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her c... VIRGINIA WOOLF Mikhail sat up, letting her go so that he could push the sheet from her slender body. Her mind was b... CHRISTINE FEEHAN A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and mo... RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH this is her body this is her blood SAUL WILLIAMS Beck behaved himself, though it was really difficult, especially during the slow dances when they we... JANA OLIVER He is not a vegetable. He is conscious. He understands what we say. He can shake, open and close his... JOEL MENARD He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would... MARKUS ZUSAK You're not the way everyone says you are," Kaye said, looking at him so fiercely that he couldn't me... HOLLY BLACK Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and somet... KRISTIN CASHORE When she wound her fingers in his hair to draw her body against his, he stilled for breath, and she ... RENEE AHDIEH The body power;The body never respect the personality wearing her ,for her sole mission in life is j... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) She watched as he settled down on the bed with Naya skin to skin on his chest. His hand all but cove... NALINI SINGH You can give illness to her body but you can't take the gypsy out of that girl. NIKKI ROWE He felt strangely numb. As though from a great distance, he was aware that he was being beaten. The ... JACK LONDON Turning possibilities into realities -- that is Ilse. It is a shame she had to have a human form. He... DEBRA JACOBS He must not smell of drink or body odor and his 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' must resonate deeply. JAMES LOVELL What are you doing?" she asked. Grimacing, he considered returning his mouth to hers and ... LORRAINE HEATH A warrior
feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But... DAVID GEMMELL A warrior…feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. Bu... DAVID GEMMELL No DNA material from any young man tested was present on the body of this complaining woman. Not pre... WADE SMITH But let's not be casual about this body, okay?" She nuzzled him back. "It may be your soul that I lo... LAINI TAYLOR Her body was so slim, so… everything. His hands began to twitch with the need to touch her. Wearin... SAMANTHA CHASE He should in humility have asked her why it was that he was naturally a cuckold, why two women of di... WILLIAM TREVOR If he wants money, I'll give it. He must just bring her back alive. AUGUSTA HANSEN Whose vow can you abide by? You can take a vow of an idol, because an idol has no ownership. You can... DADA BHAGWAN One of her arms was around his waist as her eyes fluttered open. He found himself lost in limpid blu... CAROLYN JEWEL You're not moving your body the correct way, Here, just let me show you." Though it was the old... SARAH J. MAAS He was going to take a dive into this lake. He just didn’t know it. Cerise rose, finding footing i... ILONA ANDREWS The disgraced Usurer Yankel D took the baby girl home that evening... He made a bed of crumpled news... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She... JOE DUNTHORNE Comin' through the rye, poor body,
Comin' through the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
... ROBERT BURNS Not only did he unleash his emotions through rivers of tears, but for several days he denied his bod... CRAIG GROESCHEL His narcissistic neurotransmitters convinced him that body in which he lives is the best body. DR HITESH C SHETH Boobs are just fat on a girls body, so if a guy doesn't like the fat on her stomach he shouldn't lik... MACEY LADYGA A queen who owned her body, her life, her destiny, and never apologized for it. SARAH J. MAAS Know her mind and you can have her body, know her heart and you have her soul. JUDY GARLAND I hit her with a body shot. I think that stunned her. ELIZABETH MOONEY Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean GEOFFREY CHAUCER Fie, fie upon her!There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton s... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The woman had gasped beneath his heavy body. He rubbed against her, lubricated by the warm, sticky l... NATSUO KIRINO My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until she’s drunk o... KATIE MCGARRY Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of aut... JACK RAMSAY He towered over her, dwarfing her with his height and the bulk of his body which was clothed in the ... CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE It was clear from investigators that whoever put her there went to great effort to conceal her body, DAVID GEE Every woman wants a man who'll fall in love with her soul as well as her body. RAINBOW ROWELL Not only is her body language revealing, but so are her silences, which I find remarkable for an act... LAURENCE KARDISH Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. Her... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His voice took on a thick silkiness to it that made her want to press her body closer. “Octavia, y... SUNSHINE TAYLOR REDDICK He who wants a rose must respect her thorn. ANDRé GIDE Ah, well.” He smiled-another one of those devastatingly intoxicating smiles that did unreasonable ... CINDY GERARD Those upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace become His happy soul-brides. One who recognizes her Lo... SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. BIBLE The lonely widow gives her body to a stranger; but without her husband, she is never satisfied. ATHARVA VEDA Please be real,” she gasped. “Please don’t be a dream.” “I’m real,” Matthew said huski... LISA KLEYPAS A mermaid found a swimming lad,Picked him for her own,Pressed her body to his body,Laughed; and plun... WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Some say that a woman that trades her body for money is a whore, if that is the case, then a woman t... CARL R WHITE For animals, the confinement of the body is the confinement of the whole being, but a person can cho... SHEENA IYENGAR Cancer ravaged her body, but it never took her spirit away. She was a fighter to the end. ELAINE GAMPEL He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the ey... RACHEL A. MARKS Mrs. Jones had received a lot of injuries to her body, all over her body. She had over 60 wounds. Th... JOE WARD Cam paused, staring down at her with dilated eyes, the irises bright gold rims around circles of fat... LISA KLEYPAS He closed his eyes as she put her hand on his shoulder, and in that instant, nothing else mattered. ... NICHOLAS SPARKS As if reading his mind, she smiled happily up at him. “Gary really came through for us, didn’t h... CHRISTINE FEEHAN He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize ... JERZY KOSINKSI All love tends to become like that which it loves. God loved man; therefore He became man. For nine ... FULTON J. SHEEN She gives and gives but he never really gives back its her and only her, who is in the relationship,... AMBER She was burned in multiple places over her body from her head to her toes. GREGORY CLARK Everything is threatened in his body, ... It's a miracle every second he lives. I could not handle t... DAVID BENOIT A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, La... WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS She placed her arms and hands strategically over the areas of her body that she felt uncomfortable w... TRACEY-ANNE MCCARTNEY Having been through it with her girls, it's like we're doing this together. It's still a little over... ERICA BULLOCK Man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body, in order to work on its account, but also f... MARTIN LUTHER If you look at him, you would think he's 20-something. He takes care of his body ... look in his loc... KEARY COLBERT And you can tell Darroc that Ms. Lane is mine. If he wants her, he can bloody well come and get her KAREN MARIE MONING Nothing is more private than a woman's body; it is her physical, emotional, and moral citadel. S... LEWIS B. SMEDES Her heart pounded as the door lifted and Hunter got out dressed in faded jeans, a gray and black v-n... SHERRILYN KENYON The more woman aims for personal identity and autonomy ... the fiercer will be her struggle with nat... CAMILLE PAGLIA He had not even done the fledgling courtesy of shredding open a major artery, anointing himself in t... THOMM QUACKENBUSH To ripen a person for self-sacrifice he must be stripped of his individual identity and distinctness... ERIC HOFFER A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him up for her own, Pressed her body to his body,<... W.B. YEATS exhilaration fizzed through Clarke’s body. Before she realised what she was doing, she had thrown ... KASS MORGAN It wasn't the tattoo that had changed her, had given her repossession of her body. It was her action... MELISSA MARR But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who c... PARACELSUS Matty,” Jane whispered, “what are you thinking?” He smiled, kissed her navel before glanc... CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE We now hope that those responsible for removing Gladys' body will return her so she can lie once aga... CHRIS HALL Breaking free from extremely limited capacities of the present-day physical body and having gotten r... AUGUSTINAS RAKAUSKAS He cupped his hand around her cheek, and she marveled at how perfectly his palm fit her cheek. His f... SUMMER HINES In order to avoid a next mistake, one must measure a person by his/her heart and moral compass not b... FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distin... DR. JOHN DONNE . . . but it was their relation, and his coming to her like that, openly, so that anyone could see, ... VIRGINIA WOOLF
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JOHN OATES Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly ... JOHN OATES My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. JOHN OATES I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high... JOHN OATES The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record ... JOHN OATES I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the ... JOHN OATES I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of ... JOHN OATES Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills h... JOHN OATES You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate ... JOHN OATES I'm a bit more grounded than Daryl. I'm more practical, more pragmatic. Daryl looks more at the crea... JOHN OATES Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. JOHN OATES My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. JOHN OATES I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton J... JOHN OATES Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. JOHN OATES A good mustache makes a man for many reasons. JOHN OATES There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, a... JOHN OATES If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'We... JOHN OATES Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage st... JOHN OATES I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. JOHN OATES The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off.... JOHN OATES I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like... JOHN OATES He would be overjoyed. To see the outpouring of love from the fans, the former players and the Range... GLORIA OATES This is just a very strong testimony to the life Johnny lead. GLORIA OATES It's absolutely awesome the turnout that we've had here. Friends from as far back as high school and... GLORIA OATES I am just going outside and may be some time. CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES This was a one-on-one encounter between an officer and a violent felon. And there's no question that... CHIEF DANIEL OATES It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like... JOYCE MEYER Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can... JOYCE MEYER As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if... JOYCE BROTHERS There is such a thing as bad publicity. JOYCE BROTHERS I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know abo... JOYCE BROTHERS I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped... JOYCE BROTHERS The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie ... JOYCE BROTHERS Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty ... JOYCE BROTHERS Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The han... JOYCE BROTHERS