Alice Borchardt quotes - page 2

It is human, I think, when we encounter the marvelous to try and bring away some of it with us. (Alice Borchardt)
I saw he was now and always would be his own man. View quote
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some men know from birth that they are expendable... they fought to won. If you did not win, you did not run either. View quote
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He was, she thought, as beautiful as a young god, lying on his side among the grass and flowers. View quote
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God, to breathe. Air. You don't know what it means until you cannot take a breath. View quote
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Have I your word?” "yes, you have my word. But, you don't believe me.” "no, men's promises to women are easily made and even more easily broken.”. View quote
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Do you hate me so much?” "no, I can't hate you. I wish I could, but I can't”. View quote
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Elin wondered, sitting in the sweat bath, what that had to do with passion or desire, and decided – nothing. It was justification. They had murdered the men and must prove, on the helpless bodies of the women, that they were truly stronger. Prove it to exhaustion... not even pleasure was in it for them. View quote
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I was angry with you about him, furious that he so much as set eyes on you. I would rather kill you than see you lie in his arms.” "is that love then? A thing that leads to murder?” "I don't know. In all honesty, I don't know. You're mine. What's mine I keep, I rule, and give my body over to defend. I offer you my honor, and my life. That's not an easy thing. Its within your power to break my pride, and take that life, insignificant though it is.” "you put it very simply.” "its not. Such a gift rouses strange passions, fears of treachery, and deep distrust. I'm not immune to them.” "no one told me it would be like this. Perhaps it won't go into words, what I feel for you. Its not desire, yet I love your touch, the warm softness of your flesh against mine.”. View quote
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So easily can we destroy those things we love. Had his moment of wounded pride, his stupid frenzy, snuffed out that fragile courage? Would the strong spirit that survived so much anguish be ended as easily as this? View quote
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The eyes were too intense, tortured almost. He was tall, but the body was wiry rather than powerful. Nature had gifted him with a cat's grace and lethal swiftness, rather than the raw power of a bull. (Alice Borchardt)
There's no sense crying over what can't be changed” "that's what people cry over, things they can't change”. View quote
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Women are weak, easily swayed by passion, driven by desire, lust. He lit a fire in her body, a fire that still burned, even in his absence. View quote
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Know you, boy, women are like cats and must explore any new place until they are satisfied. If they don't they become weak and vain, fretful and ill. View quote
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One who forced another was beneath contempt. One who needed to was despised. View quote
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You should leave that place, my girl” "you know me better than that.” "yes, I do. Too brave for your own good. Too brave now, I think.” "would you have me any less?” "I'm sorry. No, I wouldn't have you less.”. View quote
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pleasure wouldn't exist without the sharp bite of pain. Even the brief flash of orgasm is too intense to be absolutely pleasurable. View quote
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you're frightening me” "be frightened. Sometimes its very intelligent to be afraid”. View quote
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He was magnificent, and I will never forget that in that moment, I first loved him. And I never stopped loving him. I do now and always will. No one ever brought me more sorrow or pain or joy than he did. No, nothing, not even my sons, has ever outweighed the love I feel and still feel for him. And I believe – had I known what the future held for us: all the trouble, torment, battle, and grief of our lives – I still believe that I would have yielded my heart into his keeping as I did then. View quote
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Love is important, and woman being shrewd bargainers probably know fame is not worth much. I'd much rather have something I can spend, eat, or love, thank you very much. View quote
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She was afraid of men, with good reason, but she need not fear all of them. Cai loved her and somehow always would. But above all, she could trust him, because dishonesty wasn't in him. Not always a good trait but a part of his nature. He kept faith without thinking about it at all. He couldn't imagine not doing so. (Alice Borchardt)
Then he turned and walked away, and I gazed after him in sorrow. "Don't look so, girl. He's the first to fall at your feet; he will not be the last”. View quote
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And then he remembered that the other function of sex is punishment – men use it to humiliate women. And since turnabout is fair play, women often use it to humiliate men. View quote
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Don't flaunt your ignorance or try to insult me. I don't suffer fools gladly and insults irritate me. View quote
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You are very lovely now and soon you will be beautiful. Ant not in an ordinary way. Youth is always beautiful, but you are like some creatures of fairy born to bring ill to mortals. Only trouble can follow such gifts. View quote
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