Quotes By Author: Tatiana Vedenska

“The only thing remaining was to hang Arina in the Louvre like the Mona Lisa and forget that she was alive.”

“He studied her tastes and reactions – in food, sex, or music – as if he were drawing a map of the continent that he had just discovered.”

“Looking at him felt like a torment. Her heart was beating faster with every second, trying to jump out of her chest. Fear and desire, before unknown, were coming over her like strong, powerful waves, breaking somewhere below her waist.”

“Her entire previous life had left her absolutely unprepared for this day. Or rather for this morning.”

“His hands worked magic but his heart was cold as ice.”

“Arina had no idea what she wanted except that she wanted to be with him.”

“He was sure: no one had ever caused her to feel that before. It felt like playing with fire.”

“You ran away from me and I’m not used to people running away from me.”

“He wanted Arina This thought filled her body with happiness. She was crazy!”

“When you were dealing with a person separated from everybody by an invisible thick glass wall – like a bubble where he didn’t let anybody in – every little thing mattered.”

“He didn’t like personal questions. But, to be fair, he never really asked them either.”

“He was a true danger incarnate. He was one of those men that the mothers advised their daughters to stay away from.”

“Arina still remembered his hands holding her tight, not letting her escape.”

“Happiness is only for those who have never experienced pleasure. There is an eternal war between these two gods, and the first one is only winning until the second one shows up. And when it shows up from around the corner, with bared shoulders and lips swollen from all the kissing, happiness is being put aside like a book that’ open in the middle, to finish it later when it rains and there’s nothing else to do.”

“Happiness is only for those who have never experienced pleasure.”