Looking at her, bedraggled ...

Looking at her, bedraggled and beaten, some might have seen weakness. He saw strength, determination, and a will no one could crush.
Looking at her, bedraggled and beaten, some might have seen weakness. He saw strength, determination, and a will no one could crush.
 Nalini Singh

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Who sows virtue reaps honor.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
 George S. Patton
We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in.
 Steven Pressfield
See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.
 Yagyu Munenori

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He leaned a fraction closer. My lovers have always been warrior women. Strength intrigues me. She refused to let him play with her like this, even if her body disagreed. Vehemently. Do knives intrigue you, too? Because touch me and I will cut you up. I don’t care if you throw me off the nearest balcony.
 Nalini Singh
You chose a warrior, remember? As you chose an archangel.
 Nalini Singh
A lot of women have trouble with their mothers-in-law. Raphael’s look was priceless. My mother is an insane archangel.
 Nalini Singh
So we're going to keep getting mega-hits like this?" Tomas's dark brown eyes sparkled as they landed on Sienna's down-bent head. "Not that I don't appreciate it, sugar, but it did make me 'hyper,' according to my mother.
 Nalini Singh
Fathers and mothers, she found herself saying, leave their mark, no matter if we’ve known them a lifetime or only a day.
 Nalini Singh