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Quotes About Intensity

The only term I can think of is "bloodlust," because that's what it sounds like when chimps tear a monkey apart. It's not like any other kill you'd ever see, not like when a leopard brings down a gazelle or even sharks rip into a seal. Those are cold, mechanical. Apes go crazy. Hopping and dancing. Don't tell me they don't enjoy it.
~ Max Brooks
I saw you as a person of primary intensity - they are rare. They live in Hell a good part of their lives.
~ May Sarton
Dolores flitted around the car, screaming like a banshee, her face bedizened with fury.
~ Maya Angelou
For me sleep was difficult that night. My bed was lumpy with anger and my pillow a rock of intemperate umbrage.
~ Maya Angelou
The describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.
~ Maya Angelou
Tell me, warrior, how soon can we do this again?
~ Maya Banks
Oh hell. A warm, lush, naked woman coming on to him? Nothing in the military had prepared him for an onslaught like this. The never-surrender thing went right out the window, and he started waving the white flag like a dog wagging his tail.
~ Maya Banks
He kissed her as though he were starved for her. Like he'd been held away from her and had finally broken free. It was the kind of kiss that lived only in her fantasies. No one had ever made her feel so..consumed.
~ Maya Banks
Holy shit,' Ash murmured. 'Oh, it gets worse.' Ash lifted an eyebrow. 'Yeah, apparently when I decide to be an asshole, I go all the way.
~ Maya Banks
He also knew that this woman was different from all the women who'd come before her. That part scared the shit out of him and excited him all at the same time. What if she was the one? That woman who, when a man saw her, he was instantly struck with the knowledge that he was done for. Like Mia was for Gabe. Like Bethany was for Jace. The one.' -- Ash
~ Maya Banks
Like I'm beautiful. Like I'm the only woman who's ever affected you this way. Like in a room full of other women, you'd only see me.
~ Maya Banks
Instead of answering her, he moved over her in a powerful rush. He took her mouth roughly, devouring her lips as his tongue plunged inside, tangling with hers. Her body surged to life, arching up into his. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he gathered her tightly against him. Their bodies were as fused as their mouths. Between her legs, she could feel him so hard. Hot.
~ Maya Banks
You have five minutes or I decorate the tarmac with my brains.
~ Maya Banks
Her mind exploded with whoa and what the fuck and oh, yes please.
~ Maya Banks
I can't apologize for reacting the way I did, but I can guarantee you it will happen again. You seem to have the knack for getting under my skin like no one else.
~ Maya Banks
Part of the pleasure is the pain.
~ Maya Banks
Julie, goddamn it!
~ Maya Banks
Her eyes widened and a strangled sound escaped her throat as she sought to process the sudden wash of conflicting sensations that bombarded her from every angle. He was deep. Impossibly deep. She surrounded him. He surrounded her. Their hips were flush against each other. His body covered hers possessively. There was a burning ache deep inside her, and she couldn't discern whether it was pleasure or pain.
~ Maya Banks
It was so easy to lose herself in the fantasy of being with Gabe because he made it easy. He took absolute care of her. He saw to her every need. Was he demanding? Hell yes, but he wasn't selfish. He took. He was ruthless in his demands. But he gave her back so much. Not just materially but emotionally, though he'd likely deny he did any such thing.
~ Maya Banks
shut the fuck up and let's go blow the fuck out of those goatherding motherfuckers who have Nathan." Donovan cracked a smile. "Yippee ki-yay." "Fuckin' A." "Sarah's been on you about the language, huh." Garrett snarled in response and then muttered a few more F bombs for good measure. "Yeah, you better get them all out now because when you get back home, no more F words for you." "Fuck you, Van. Just fuck you.
~ Maya Banks
She took in a steadying breath as she stared at the handsome man sitting across from her. Yes, he was gorgeous. He was confident, wore arrogance like a cloak, and God, she loved arrogant, assured men, but he didn't come across like an asshole.
~ Maya Banks
He had never dealt with such fury as what built within him. It raged like an out-of-control storm.
~ Maya Banks
I'll put a bullet through my own brain. Let alone wait for stark to do it. Your sister will drive me to it, Howard. No offense.
~ Meg Cabot
Jake leaned on the horn, swearing loudly. Gina covered her eyes. Doc flung his arms around me, burying his face in my lap, and Dopey, to my great surprise, began to scream like a girl, very close to my ear....
~ Meg Cabot