“Conn was a wickedly passionate, fiercely dominant man who loved her too much to ever really hurt her.”
“A woman will never fall in love with a man who doesn’t dominate her, however slightly.”
“I love her, Rajasta, I love her too much to hurt her; and I can give her nothing! No vows, no hope of real happiness, only sorrow and pain and, perhaps, shame...”
“Is this what love feels like?" he whispered to her. "I don't like it, my Beth. It hurts too much.”
“Ammu loved her children (of course), but their wide-eyed vulnerability and their willingness to love people who didn't really love them exasperated her and sometimes made her want to hurt them-- just as an education, a precaution.”
“I love you so damn much, it hurts.' I force my lips against hers, then pull away just as fast. 'But it hurts in a really good way.”