Ayla

“My goodness, do you take everything so literally?” “I’m an engineer,”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra

“Your body isn't an ornament designed for other people's pleasure. It belongs to you alone. You're magnificent just as you are. Whether you lose weight or gain more, you'll still be magnificent. Have a cake if you want one."
Cassandra looked patently disbelieving. "You're saying if I gained another stone, or even two stones, on top of this, you'd still find me desirable?"
"God, yes," he said without hesitation. "Whatever size you are, I'll have a place for every curve."
She gave him an arrested stare, as if he'd spoken in a foreign language and she was trying to translate.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra

“You can say whatever you like to me. I'm your oyster.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra

“If I was yours," she said, "how would you treat me?"
"Like a fucking queen.”
― Nalini Singh, Silver Silence