Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just felt like you were.
J.R. WardThe one good thing about the Angels was they always colored within the lines. They had to. Suckers.
J.R. WardSaxton was indeed clear on things: Blay was still in love with Qhuinnโ and probably always would be. โWhy?โ he said to his lover. โBecause I want you for however long I have you.
J.R. WardBlay said yet again, that old, familiar voice cutting through all of those years of rejection and judgment, giving him not just a rope of acceptance to hang on to, but a flesh-and-blood hand to lead him out of the darkness of his past... And into a future that didn't require lies or excuses, because what he was, and what they were, was both extraordinary-and not hing out of the ordinary. Love, after all, was universal.
J.R. Ward