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| 1c1a4cd | His mouth descended upon hers and swallowed up her cry. She'd been kissed sweetly before, stylized expressions of courtship during some of the dances favored by Queen Mary's court. This kiss bore no resemblance to those. This was a ravishment, a demanding plunder of her mouth. He stole her breath, but she was so surprised by the sudden invasion, she didn't think to pull away. She froze like a coney confronted by a fox. He filled her with br.. | kissing ravishment | Connie Mason | |
| 3dfd5b8 | Elspeth reached up a tentative hand to comfort him, palming the cheek that wasn't covered with woad. He wrapped an arm around her waist and tugged her closer. Her lips parted. His tongue swept in. Her belly clenched, and a warm glow settled between her legs. He left her lips and began kissing her chin, her cheeks, her neck. "Ach! Ye're sweet, lass." Pity dissipated like morning mist. Instead, little wisps of pleasure followed his mouth's pa.. | highlander-romance physical-pleasure pleasure sensational | Connie Mason | |
| 4299326 | This will hurt ye more than it does me," she said as she pulled the thread through his skin. "Nay, lass, you're but tickling me," he said, his eyes never leaving hers. His thumb rubbed back and forth over her forearm. "What are ye doing?" she demanded. "Hmm?" He blinked, all innocence. She looked pointedly down at his hand. His thumb stopped. "I was just distracting myself a bit from the pain," he said. "Ye're fair soft." "Ye're accustomed .. | physical-pleasure silky skin | Connie Mason | |
| 3c6044f | When she first realized he was there watching her, she couldn't believe it was happening. There she was, bare as an egg, and his intense gaze made her lose the will to move. His stare had lingered at her breasts. She'd had to bite the inside of her cheeks to keep from covering her nipples with her hands to still the ache. And when his gaze traveled down her body, little flames seemed to lick her skin. When he smiled at her private parts, sh.. | elspeth-stewart | Connie Mason | |
| cc3da86 | Her first instinct was to look away, to shield her wicked thoughts and feelings from his penetrating gaze. But if ever there was a time for truth between a man and a woman, this was that time. She met his eyes steadily and didn't care whether he saw the abandon and bliss she felt. His face held a cross between the wonder of a boy on Christmas morn and the knowing look of a man who was exquisitely aware of what wicked things he was doing to .. | elspeth-and-rob highlander-romance lust | Connie Mason | |
| 794eb9b | Stop." She covered her breast with her own hand. "That's no' a healer's touch." His smile was sin incarnate. "Ye've the right of it there, lass. That's a lover's touch. And ye've had only the smallest bit of the pleasure, only a taste of what I would give ye an' ye allow it." "No," She scrambled to her feet to put some distance between them. "An' ye try to take me, I'll scratch yer eyes out, Rob MacLaren." "I'd not take ye. Not a step furth.. | highlander-romance pleasure suggestive | Connie Mason | |
| 9590606 | If your heart's no' engaged in your marriage, then ye shouldna be averse to a wee bit of lust outside of it," he said, advancing around to her. She made him feel pleasurably male again. He decided to listen to his groin and not stifle the urge. Lust wasn't the same as love. Surely it wouldn't be a betrayal of Fiona if he used his body to wreak vengeance on his enemy. Especially not if he convinced Lachlan's bride to succumb willingly. "Ye i.. | lust physical-attraction | Connie Mason | |
| fb88820 | He gazed into her eyes. There were little flecks of gold ringing her pupils. Now that she wasn't running from him or terrified by him, he realized Elspeth Stewart was really quite a beauty. Her lips were full and lush. By some trick of musculature under her smooth skin, the corners of them turned up naturally in a beguiling half smile, as if she were hugging a delicious secret to herself. There were soft hollows beneath her rosy cheeks, a .. | facial-beauty feminine-beauty physical-beauty | Connie Mason | |
| 3bc9ac3 | She smelled faintly of heather and evergreen boughs. Scent was an extravagance. He wondered where she dabbed the fragrant oil. The thin skin of her wrists? The pulse point at her white throat? Or maybe in the sweet hollow between her breasts? Thinking about all of those soft, forbidden places made him feel rampantly, throbbingly male. He wanted to search out those tender spots, bury his nose in them, and lave them with his tongue. | elspeth-stewart lust scent | Connie Mason | |
| 2c40374 | As I recall," he said as his fingertip skimmed the tops of her breasts, "I enjoy the sounds a woman makes when I pleasure her." "Ye'd not enjoy these sounds." She slapped his hand away. "And if ye take me, there'd be no pleasure." "As a maid, ye canna know that," he said, lifting one of the long locks of her chestnut hair to his lips and inhaling her scent. "And I dinna think ye'll scream, not in the way ye mean, in any case." "Ye'd have to.. | highlander-romance lust | Connie Mason | |
| ac42f83 | Remove police for 15 minutes so 25 crores Muslims can teach 100 crore Hindus a lesson. | Akbaruddin Owaisi | ||
| 73d5bfa | When all the hope is gone, there is no reason for pessimism. | Aki Kaurismäki | ||
| 7de7f4f | When pain lumbers through the front door, squats down in the middle of your life, and makes itself at home day after day, year after year, it can make you choke. It can make you angry at God. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 6993d81 | Jesus, the fullness of God and man, is the full perfection of humanity, and he calls us to a humanity that is full and alive, without flaw or fault. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| eb359ed | To enter the realm of play, we must give ourselves to something or someone and turn away from all else. It is both a pledge and a betrayal. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 0733aae | What might it look like if we lived as if we will not be endlessly divided from those who have brought us harm and whom we have failed as well? | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 7e49e04 | The Sabbath is a party, and what is a good party without a drinking song? Almost all the early John Wesley hymns were sung to what at the time was wild pub music. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| e2120b9 | Abundance is not about possession; it is utterly, completely, and solely about gratitude. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| fcdc4cd | A gift that has the power to change us awakens a part of the soul. But we cannot receive the gift until we can meet it as an equal. We therefore submit ourselves to the labor of becoming like the gift. Giving a return gift is the final act in the labor of gratitude, and it is also, therefore, the true acceptance of the original gift.' There is a burden of gratitude that, if it is not returned, will crush our spirits or splinter them. But we.. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 4105d22 | The absence of tumult, more than its presence, is an enemy of the soul. God meets you in your weakness, not in your strength. He comforts those who mourn, not those who live above desperation. He reveals Himself more often in darkness than in the happy moments of life. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 28ff809 | We are to free the slaves because we were once slaves. Sabbath is a remembrance of the stale bondage of Egypt and the fresh air of our new garden given to us because of the faithfulness of God's covenantal love, not due to our capacity to make God happy. Yet God is more than happy with us -- he adores us and lavishes us with freedom and joy. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| daa0c8f | Action is never enough if defined as eradicating the problem. Action is always enough if it is faithful to the call of the moment. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 07c9846 | from chapter 3, "What Makes A Good Story?") "Our willingness to hold dear the moments of past shalom prepares us to imagine a new and better day, and, even more to move toward that day with passion and purpose." -- | true-self | Dan B. Allender | |
| d3acb03 | Shalom is shattered by sin, by the intrusion of a lie, a distortion of the truth that mars the pleasure of being naked, transparent, trusting and true. ... shattering occurs when our dignity os assaulted and death enters to divide and destroy. | true-self | Dan B. Allender | |
| 74fcc64 | We live in a culture where the acknowledgment of wrong or the ownership of risk and failure is paramount to forfeiting the game. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 2d57821 | Marriage requires a radical commitment to love our spouses as they are, while longing for them to be what they are not yet. Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another's glory or toward degrading each other. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| a13d4d1 | When life is hard, pleasure can be more than a diversion. It can easily become a need. We easily move from a properly moderate enjoyment of sensuous experience to a consuming desire for it. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| c0e7fa1 | in our perceived source of life. It is recognizing that our self-protective means to avoiding hurt have not ushered us into real living (the reckless abandon to God that ultimately leads to a deep sense of wholeness and joy) or to purposeful, powerful relating. Repentance is the process of deeply acknowledging the supreme call to love, which is violated at every moment, in every relationship--a law that applies even to those who have been h.. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| d38fac5 | Anyone who wrestles with an uncertain future on behalf of others--anyone who uses her gifts, talents, and skills to influence the direction of others for the greater good--is a leader. No one is a mere follower. If you are a follower of God, for instance, then you are called to lead. Every believer is called to help someone grow into maturity--and such is the core calling of a leader. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 6c651f1 | Lust almost always becomes perverse. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| d74e6a2 | Paul calls leaders not merely to be humble and self-effacing but to be desperate and honest. It is not enough to be self-revealing, authentic, and transparent. Our calling goes far beyond that. We are called to be reluctant, limping, chief-sinner leaders, and even more, to be stories. The word that Paul uses is that a leader is to be an "example," but what that implies is more than a figure on a flannel board. He calls us to be a living por.. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 054edbc | tendency | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 81fb201 | Self-doubt is common when our efforts fail to bring results. Failure is a rock in our shoe that nags us until we find relief. At first, failure to achieve our desired end will elicit careful scrutiny (What can I do better?) and resumed commitment (How can I try harder?). Success may be achieved--straight As, an athletic scholarship, perfect Sunday school attendance--but the real goal--a happy family, an end to the abuse, or relief from the .. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 98aa7b5 | instead, | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 355c691 | stands | Dan B. Allender | ||
| d01758c | The Sabbath is not a vacation; it is a grateful celebration. Who are you celebrating? To whom do you owe your life, your current taste of re-creation? Who marked you with kindness that has enabled you to offer care in return? Who has scarred you with heartache that has enabled you to enter the wounds of others with grace? We are called to bless those who love us and those who love to do us harm. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| 79ad9f5 | It will take her years to understand the things she's said tonight. | Gertrude Stein | ||
| 62465c6 | Joy must be chosen, but the deeper conundrum is that it can't be controlled or cajoled as to when it will come or how long it will stay. | Dan B. Allender | ||
| a1fcbd9 | 'Love your fellow as yourself'- Rabbi Akiva says: This is the great principal of the Torah | Akiba ben Joseph | ||
| d200dab | Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness. | Akiba ben Joseph | ||
| 734fc37 | A fence to wisdom is silence. | Akiba ben Joseph | ||
| 8f013d0 | Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God. | Akiba ben Joseph | ||
| 090450b | What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable. | Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | ||
| 468c98a | Kindness is a powerful bridge builder which unifies teams, bonds friends, supports loved ones, and spreads goodwill. Tending to your bridges will fortify your relationships in such way that you will keep your invitations coming and your options open for future opportunities. | customer-service-quotes emotional-intelligence-quotes just-be-nice motivational-speaker-susan-young positive-first-impression-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susanspeaks-com | Susan C. Young |