She had not wanted him to but had let him have his way because ever since she was a child she had generally yielded before anyone with strong willpower, especially if it was a man, not because she was naturally submissive, but because strong male willpower gave her a feeling of safety and trust, together with acceptance and a desire to give in.
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Related She was turned on by him— his scent, his smile; he was the manifestation of seduction. Under norma... NORIAN F. LOVE When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she ha... STIEG LARSSON In the silence, she felt the past and the present shift and mix, but that was a mirage. There was no... J.R. WARD The tears were there, waiting to make their escape. But she wouldn’t let them. Not this time. She ... ELAINE WHITE Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered,... DANIELLE STEEL But she loved her dad; she was a daddy's girl. She said her father had changed the life insurance an... MALINDA GONZALES She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, ... KEN FOLLETT As her feet beat the concrete ground beneath them, her chest began to ache. It had been a long time ... ROSS CALIGIURI She had fire dancing in her eyes as she assaulted him with her serpent's tongue. Tonight she was not... SHAKUITA JOHNSON Many a woman is in a relationship with or married to her man not because she loves him but only beca... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She... HAN KANG He felt safe with her. He'd never been safe with another human being, not since he'd been taken as a... CHRISTINE FEEHAN She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he... BERNARDO BATIZ He had appeared beside her because she had wanted him to. She had called him to her, and was calling... ALICE HOFFMAN She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. HOLLY BLACK It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to s... CARSON MCCULLERS Sissy had two great failings. She was a great lover and a great mother. She had so much of tendernes... BETTY SMITH Walking away from him had been almost impossible. But she loved him too much to do otherwise. Becaus... KATIE REUS It was then that she cut him off in midsentence and said that it was over. She said it with a certai... NEAL STEPHENSON She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the begin... NICHOLAS SPARKS Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of fai... CASSANDRA CLARE She was told nothing can be done because she still had contact with him. MARC LANOIS She couldn’t walk away from him again. Her heart couldn’t take it and she didn’t think his cou... KATIE REUS Anna had been preparing herself for this meeting, had thought what she would say to him, but she did... LEO TOLSTOY They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM She'd betrayed her country because she'd believed it was the right thing to do. Yet would she have d... MARIE RUTKOSKI I felt bad because of the kids and his family, but she was rarely there. He was really lonely. I mad... REBECCA LOOS She was a businesswoman, and she was doing something that was not in sync with the times. She felt s... RICHARD MILLER Then I made her understand that, where she was concerned, I was only a poor dog, ready to die for he... GASTON LEROUX She was my friend because she was kind and funny but she had a face like two oysters fused together ... ANDREW HINKINSON Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON ...she was honest enough to admit she married him because actions other men would not conceive of to... ELLEN O'CONNELL ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an... PAUL HOFFMAN You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a r... AGATHA CHRISTIE At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressi... AMINATTA FORNA She was furious with him and couldn't believe he would take the car without first asking her. If he ... SHARON ANDERSON It was, in a way, reportage, because she was writing about what she had just seen. DENISE EPSTEIN Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection i... GREGORY MAGUIRE But then she remembered something else, just a flash: looking up at Damon’s face in the woods and ... L.J. SMITH She had lied to him. She had wanted to save lives, yes. But she had gone out there with no intention... SARAH J. MAAS But my mother was aglow. She had a continuing fascination with celebrities, and now she had one of h... STEVE MARTIN Damn, you're good,' he said and rolled onto his back. The man wasn't much for flowery speech, Alesan... JULIE GARWOOD He smiled like he couldn't help it. She couldn't believe it. He was actally smiling , teeth an... KELLY CREAGH She was not brokenhearted because the relationship had ended suddenly; she was brokenhearted because... GALT NIEDERHOFFER They were both comparative mirrors of each other. It was clear to her now more than he had used her ... CRYSTAL EVANS Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he... NICHOLAS SPARKS It was as bad as the summer that her mother had taken the training wheels off Coraline's bicycle;but... NEIL GAIMAN Reading the script, I had a strong feeling for the character. She has this brassy, cabaret quality, ... CHIWETEL EJIOFOR Maggie slept with him because she wanted to hurt Rose, to get back at her, ... Also Rose had just ki... CAMERON DIAZ She had become a very important part of our lives, and we loved her. She gave me confidence that jus... DELILAH SUE BRASHEAR Ever since she was a little girl there were a lot of people telling her what they wanted. It really ... BRENDA MILLER I just could not take it in. Magnus was vulnerable in a way because he was hopelessly shy and had ne... FRANCIS JONES There had been a time in Godfrey's life when, had she stood before him in all her splendor, he would... GEORGE MACDONALD She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit ... CANDACE BUSHNELL She wanted to be true to herself... and she had a lot of demons because of it. I think her sexuality... BILLIE JEAN KING She bought a poster of the Beatles and tacked it on the wall above her bed. On days when she was fee... KEVIN BROCKMEIER She had so much motivation. I knew she was going to win a medal. She is a really strong skater and i... ANNI FRIESINGER His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL Molly kept house for him when she was older. But when she was younger, she was quite a rakish young ... LYNNE AMBROSINI She had given him all she had - but what was it compared to the other gifts life held for him? She u... EDITH WHARTON But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY It was almost as if she had willed him into existence, into standing before her at the precise momen... ROY L. PICKERING JR. She remembered the intensity of her desire to undress him, to be naked with him, the way she felt li... LISA JEWELL She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then be... KATHERINE PATERSON She was a super teacher, ... She was so crippled with arthritis that when the students went to the p... MAGGIE MALONE She was bummed out with swimming and was thinking about quitting. Dana was only interested in swimmi... ANN HUGHES I remember failing my Princeton interview. My mom wanted me to apply because ever since I was a kid ... TINA FEY She wouldn't accept anything from Bob. He wasn't her agent, she wouldn't let him; she was very stron... LORRAINE BORMAN She saw how he was staring at it, the bright red hue beneath her bonnet. She could not bear to see t... CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE It was well-known he was stalking her. I think that she had been seeing him briefly but then had dec... HEATHER CHULU And yet, as she sits there with him on the window seat, with his strong arms around her, she knows t... JULIA HOBAN They had stopped now and he gave a glance up at the sky, through the trees, as though to see how muc... KATHLEEN WINSOR It was once him and her, but she lost him and thought for a long time she wanted him back more then ... AMBER She thought she was only seeing him because she wanted to see him... It's a by-product of very drama... ALLY CARTER Iskari let others define her because she thought she didn't have a choice. Because she thought she w... KRISTEN CICCARELLI We do not know if she collapsed because of overwhelming joy, extreme surprise, grave disappointment,... KYOKO YOSHIDA She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making ... PAULO COELHO He was supposed to be the first man to tell her that she was beautiful and help her determine who sh... ANAIS TORRES My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, ... STANLEY HAUERWAS Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... JANE AUSTEN Astrid had gone to look at the burn zone. Doing the right thing. Kids had yelled at her. Demand... MICHAEL GRANT Inside the music like this, she understood many things. She understood that Simon was a disappointed... ELIZABETH STROUT She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home a... COCO J. GINGER She did believe in God. And she believed that Jane was with him. And suddenly her pain and grief bec... LOUISE PENNY When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of he... MILAN KUNDERA As he had kissed her neck, she could not repress the feeling she was a lamb making time with a wolf. THOMM QUACKENBUSH Her hand accidentally brushed up against his chest. She froze. His breathing remained steady and reg... CATE CAMPBELL BEATTY Her grandmother was a drug dealer. Her mother was a drug addict, and she never knew her father. Nico... GARY W. ADAIR He can guess, but he won't ever know, not really. What it was like, what she was thinking, everythin... CELESTE NG It was not only Odette's indifference, however, that he must take pains to circumvent; it was also, ... MARCEL PROUST It was awfully hard on my mother. She had trouble facing it, ... She was a farm girl and never hardl... JEANNE PYLE She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women. Don't let me go, hold me t... MILAN KUNDERA She knew her job had risks but she was dedicated to it. Not that we know it had anything to do with ... HOLLY TACHOVSKY We gave the woman for her trouble a generous fee, with which she was highly pleased, and proceeded t... HELEN JOSEPHINE SANBORN He should in humility have asked her why it was that he was naturally a cuckold, why two women of di... WILLIAM TREVOR She was nine when she came in, and we had her several months. Her home life was not the best. She wa... BRENDA WEBB I remember watching Margaret Cho with my grandmother on TV. She was my hero, not only because she wa... AWKWAFINA She is so stubborn -- in a way that is the highest compliment I can give a player. She wasn't going ... KATIE MEIER She had a lot of depression in her life, but she didn't want to share it with anyone. DENNIS STUBBLEFIELD
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Those boys in America who shot dead classmates r... TORI AMOS I think musically, if you talk to (drummer) Matt Chamberlain, he'll tell you it's really complicated... TORI AMOS I grew up in dirt-poor hillbilly country. We lived this dry-below-the-waist kind of scene. If you we... TORI AMOS Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and ha... AMOS LEE Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that com... SHAWN AMOS I'm too wacky for most weirdos. Who am I to judge? TORI AMOS Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page. TORI AMOS It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's impor... WALLY AMOS When it's all said and done we will lose a piece to a carnivorous vegetarian TORI AMOS Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and no... TORI AMOS Despite all of our technological advances, content creation still requires time, inspiration, and a ... SHAWN AMOS Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste. SHAWN AMOS I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little thi... TORI AMOS If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not ab... TORI AMOS Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it. TORI AMOS Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little. TORI AMOS Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light. TORI AMOS I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely. TORI AMOS If you're going to write an anthem for an old man who's up at political bat for the last tim... SHAWN AMOS Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me... TORI AMOS We're all posting and clicking and sharing, but we're not devoting enough attention to get a... SHAWN AMOS So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar... TORI AMOS I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded ... TORI AMOS My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, bei... TORI AMOS [The Patriots] are envied by a lot of teams around the league. I'm just happy to be here. AMOS ZEREOUE I've basically been trying to get the plays down and my conditioning up at the same time. Just being... AMOS ZEREOUE I felt I was ready last week. It's just a matter of getting an opportunity to get out there. After t... AMOS ZEREOUE I know Kevin really well, AMOS ZEREOUE I can't go on what happened last year. This is a new year. I have to go out there and prove I can be... 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