Tobias

“Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death makes me more faithful. It is only when you make me suffer that I feel safe and secure. You should never have agreed to be a god for me if you were afraid to assume the duties of a god, and we all know that they are not as tender as all that. You have already seen me cry. Now you must learn to relish my tears.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O

“She was waiting for more than permission, since she already had permission. She was waiting for an order.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O

“They can do whatever they want with me, I don’t care,” she murmured. “But tell me you still love me.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O

“Whatever he wanted of her she wanted too, solely because he was asking it of her.”
― Pauline Réage, Story of O