02UndatedWomen were supposed to be the enigmas, but men? Moody, brooding bastards, the lot of them. A woman with PMS had nothing on a man. Where women might get hormonal once a month, men suffered their own brand of PMS on a daily basis. - FaithMaya Banks / quote ↗
04UndatedIt doesn’t matter. I love you. That’s it. That’s all. I hope to hell it’s enough.Maya Banks / quote ↗
05UndatedShe laid her head against his collarbone, and he kissed her temple. To her shock, she felt a shudder roll through his body about the same time she registered wetness against her skin. Tears. His tears.She started to turn around, but he tightened his grip.“Stay,” he said in a choked voice. “Just let me hold you, baby. Just let me hold you.Maya Banks / quote ↗
06UndatedI know this woman.”“Who the hell is she?”He stared both his brothers down. “She’s mine.Maya Banks / quote ↗
07UndatedNever be afraid to tell me anything,” he whispered against her hair. “No matter how ashamed you might feel. I’ll never judge you, Rachel. I love you.Maya Banks / quote ↗
08UndatedI want him to burn for me, to not be able to go a day without touching me, holding me, caressing me. He’ll be an excellent lover. I want a man who knows how to please me,Maya Banks / quote ↗
09UndatedSophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.”“You’re not?Maya Banks / quote ↗
10UndatedIs there something wrong?” he asked.She gave a short negative motion with her head. And then words, so sweet, like a cool northern breeze blowing off the lake. “You could hold me now.”It was almost his undoing.“Ah baby.Maya Banks / quote ↗
11UndatedI'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you."He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.Maya Banks / quote ↗
12UndatedIt simply isn’t a woman’s nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.Maya Banks / quote ↗
13UndatedMen love a submissive woman, Damon said simply. Even when they say the don't. There's just something about a beautiful, soft woman looking to them to protect and take care of them that inspires a man to greatness.Maya Banks / quote ↗
14Undated... I firmly believe that a woman can be whatever she wants to be if she sets her mind to it.Maya Banks / quote ↗
16UndatedAs if he conveyed by actions what he could never say in words. Would never say in words.Maya Banks / quote ↗
17UndatedTwas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things? The collective suffered for the actions of an inept, ineffectual leader.Maya Banks / quote ↗
18UndatedNo amount of saying ‘I love you’ and ‘I trust you’ makes it true when it isn’t.Maya Banks / quote ↗
19UndatedIf it helps you. I forgive you. But i have learned in recent weekd that seeking forgiveness from others is meaningless unless you can forgive yourself.Maya Banks / quote ↗
20UndatedPull himself together? This was a man who looked permanently cemented together.Maya Banks / quote ↗
21UndatedWhy do you even want to be involved with me?" she asked. "I'm a complete mess. I don't have my head on straight. I'm a master at fucking up everything that's good in my life.""But you're my mess." Cole said quietly. "I don't need you to be perfect. I just need you to be you because that's who I care about.Maya Banks / quote ↗
22UndatedYou don't understand. How could you? We were in the worst sort of hell. We weren't living day to day or even hour to hour. We survived minute by excruciating minute. The next day was an eternity away and we didn't want it. Death wasn't the enemy. It was our salvation.Maya Banks / quote ↗
23UndatedOkay, be serious. Aren't you ever afraid of anything?""Plenty of time," he said softly."Even when what you're afraid of defies all logic?""Especially then. It's been my experience that fear doesn't have a set of parameters. We can't turn it off just by realizing we shouldn't be afraid.Maya Banks / quote ↗
24UndatedI've always considered myself a good person. I've never done anything to purposely hurt anyone. I was in shock that this happened to me, and because it did, I turned into this vengeful person. I've never truly hated anyone, but I was glad when I saw him lying there on the floor.Maya Banks / quote ↗