92 Quotes by Alyssa Cole

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    Your Highness. While I admit that you are a fine specimen of a man, being a lesbian is not the only possible reason a woman wouldn’t respond to your attentions.

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    Charity is well and good, but if you can let a person feel like they’ve done something, if you can make them feel human, that is an even greater gift.

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    I’m sure you know this, but power dynamics rooted in social status are a system designed to separate people instead of bringing them together for the greater good.

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    Violence is not in good taste, but sometimes punch is what’s on the menu.

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    When she’d seen Likotsi’s photo – a woman in a dapper suit with a bearing that made her think of royalty and a mouth that made her think of worship – a flash of desire had zipped through her body, surprising her.

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    And you make me feel like I’m already something.

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    I believe that sometimes a man sees something he wants and covets it, whether it be property or a woman or prestige. Some men don’t see a difference among the three. They do anything they can to get them. A means to an end – is that the saying? For something that helps you get what you want?” She glanced at him and he nodded. “I think maybe I was the means and had confused myself for the end.

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    Sydney.” Theo is grinning as he calls my attention back to him, though his eyes are somber. “I need you to channel the confidence of a mediocre white man. I’ll give you mine. We’ll figure it out because we don’t have any other choice.

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    Ah. I thought that the common method of refusal was stepping on my toe and spinning off like a top during the turn,” he said.

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