Sylvia Day Quotes

Now I want you to listen to me," he said in a low voice, taking her chin in his hand and forcing her to look at him. "And listen carefully, because I'm only going to say this once. You are going to marry me before this week is out. Since you have conveniently run off to Scotland, we don't need a special license. You're just lucky I don't haul you off to a church right this instant. Get yourself a dress and get yourself some flowers, because, sweeetheart, you're getting yourself a new name.

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

Intimidation doesn't last very long.

Power tends to get confused with repression.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody.

Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.

I don't need handcuffs to enslave a woman.

Grab whom you must. Do what you want.

Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me!

If I could make you stay, I would,’ he shouted. ‘If I had to beat you, chain you, starve you—if I could make you stay, I would.’ He turned back into the room; the wind blew his hair. He shook his finger at me, grotesquely playful. ‘One day, perhaps, you will wish I had.

Most fatal, most hateful of all things is bullying.... Sensual bullying of course is fairly easily detected. What is more dangerous is ideal bullying. Bullying people into what is ideally good for them.

I will have you removed if you don't stop. I have a little system of my own.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

I don't believe in strong-arming people.

A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.