01UndatedHis words put an ache in her heart. She wanted happily ever after more than he could possibly know. She wanted forever. Problem was, she just wasn’t sure she believed in it anymore. It was why she clung to her fiction so much. She immersed herself in books because there she could be anyone and it was easy to believe in love and happily ever after.Maya Banks / quote ↗
02UndatedHave you ever been torn between two impossibilities and knew in your heart that no matter which way you went or which path you chose that you were doomed to unhappiness?Maya Banks / quote ↗
03UndatedWhoa, wait a minute, Coletrane. Are you proposing to me?”“Well I would if you’d let me finish,” he grumbled.Maya Banks / quote ↗
04UndatedAnd maybe that’s was her biggest crime of all. Making him fall in love with her.Maya Banks / quote ↗
05UndatedIf I interrupted violence, by all means I'll step back. Always nice to see bloodshed first thing in the a.m.Maya Banks / quote ↗
06UndatedMy attitude is born out of necessity. I've made mistakes. I've made decisions I regretted. I know what it's like to live with regret. I live with it everyday. But if I let it take over, I'd never get out of bed in the morning.Maya Banks / quote ↗
07UndatedThey began collecting dishes and clearing the table while Swanny sat and watched them in confusion. “Now wait a minute. I was forbidden to help and was ordered to maintain my station, but you guys are all helping.”“I don’t much believe there’s such a thing as woman’s work,” Frank said. “I’ve always brought my boys up to help out whether it’s with the cooking or cleaning. Now, their mother will give orders and usually I’m not one to teach my children to disobey their mother, but there are times, and this is one of them, when you just don’t listen to her.”Amusement flared in Swanny’s eyes. “Ah, okay. I think I get it now. I should get my ass up and help no matter what she told me.”Frank nodded and handed him a stack of dishes. “Exactly.Maya Banks / quote ↗
08UndatedThe arrogant man probably thought his path to heaven was already assured, and that he acted in accordance to God’s will just by breathing.Maya Banks / quote ↗
09UndatedOne song bled into another and they remained locked together, neither willing to break the intimacy that surrounded them, concealing them in the small space the two occupied.Maya Banks / quote ↗
10UndatedI guess what they say is true. Anything the government wants to hide, they stick it in New MexicoMaya Banks / quote ↗
11UndatedHe walked hesitantly toward her and then wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug.“You just looked like you needed one,” he said.Maya Banks / quote ↗
12UndatedThere was a multitude of sexual scenarios, from asimple one-on-one couple fucking like bunnies to anoutright orgy with no less than eight people joined likeLEGOs.Maya Banks / quote ↗
13UndatedWhen a woman submits to a man, it's the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that gift above all else. Even if he respects nothing else in the world, he must respect the woman in his care. It's his sworn duty to protect, honor and cherish his submissive. To take care of her and provide a safe haven. Someone who would put his own needs above his woman's is no man.Maya Banks / quote ↗
14UndatedI resented you for inserting yourself so fully into my life, and then one day I realized I couldn't imagine my life without you...Maya Banks / quote ↗
15UndatedTrying to drown me woman?"'You can't drown a SEAL,' she said. 'How embarrassing would that be?''God yes. Shoot me, hang me, let me die of infection from a hangnail, but don't let me die in the water. They'd send me to hell on principle.Maya Banks / quote ↗
16UndatedPromise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care ofAngelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worrybecause she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the good.I've tried to get her to adopt some cynicism, but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn't bethe same girl if she did.Maya Banks / quote ↗
17UndatedWasn't that the way of the world, though? Only the strong survived, and the weak perished.Maya Banks / quote ↗