Quotes from Sylvia Day

Oh, I'll fight you," she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. "That's the way I roll.

You're all I want, Eva. There's no one else. There will never be anyone else.

I'd stop the world from spinning for you. That silly line oddly touched me. I love you. Liked that one, did you.

You didn't see him watching you dance with your dad. His eyes got all shiny. I thought he was going to cry. And on the way up here, in the elevator, he tried to play it off, but I could totally tell he was nervous.

That compromise means you don't always have to be the strong one, Gideon. You can do the heavy lifting on occasion, and you can let Eva do it sometimes. Marriage isn't about whether you're strong enough as an individual. It's about how strong you are together and the luxury of taking turns carrying the load.

You've changed my life, Eva. And you did the impossible: you transformed me. I like who I am now. I never thought that would happen.

Gideon brought into my life. The acceptance and the love. The safety. Gideon had given me my freedom back, a life without terror. Giving him vows in return was too simple a repayment for that.

There was nothing so attractive as a powerful, handsome, and self-assured man.

You and me on a deserted tropical island where you'd be perpetually naked and I could slide into you at any moment. I set one hand on my hip and shot him a look. "Sunburned and bowlegged. Sexy.

Cheers to us, the seriously fucked up. At least we have each other.

I can't bail out on Cary, I said apologetically, turning to face him. Chicks before dicks and all that.

I don't know what the fuck you think you're doing, ace, but this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shit ain't cutting it with me.

We were addicted to each other.

I think of nothing but you. All day. Every day. Everything I do, I do with you in mind. There's no room for anyone else.

I need you to understand that you'll never have to settle for pieces of me. You shouldn't be settling at all. You deserve so much better. You could have anyone—

I own your pleasure, I whispered into his mouth. I'll take it if you won't give it to me.

Don't hang up. For God's sake, Eva, we're married . We're in love. There's no shame in that. So what if it's crazy? It's us . It's who we are. You need to come to grips with that.

I'm so in love with Gideon. He's changed my life in so many ways. He makes me feel beautiful and precious. I know it seems too fast, but he's the one for me.

This is torment for me, Eva. I can't focus. I can't sleep. I lose my temper at the slightest irritants. I'm in hell without you.

You look beautiful and fuckable. I want you so badly it hurts. I'm dangerously close to taking you back to the couch and making you come 'til you beg me to stop.

Why?" He frowned. "You know there's no one else for either of us. What are you waiting for?

If you wanted him, it wouldn't be enough for me to let you go. I want you too much. I want you with me, in my life, in my bed. If I can have that, nothing else matters. I'm not too proud to take what I can get.

Gideon was a man who'd lived an entirely solitary life, and yet he'd accepted me into it so completely that he could envision a future I was afraid to imagine. I was so scared I'd only be setting myself up for a heartbreak I couldn't survive.

His kisses were gifts. He kissed with everything he had, with power and passion and hunger and love.