Paulo Coelho Quotes

I'm here because she's here, and she belongs to me. ~Rephaim

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

It was the same night I gave myself to him completely, knowing that I would belong to him for as long as he wanted to keep me. And, as it turned out, even longer than that.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

Marriage, as creating the most important relation in life, as having more to do with the morals and civilization of a people than any other institution, has always been subject to the control of the legislature.

Everybody is owned by somebody.

Marriage is anti-romantic - husband and wife are terms like 'turkey' and 'goose.' Worse, they denote ownership.

I love you. We’re getting married, and that’s the way it is. Get used to it.

When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

My wife, the star I steer by.

If you want to stop two people from having sex, let them get married.

A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.

A bachelor has to have an inspiration for making love to a woman--a married man needs only an excuse.

These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife.

What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.

It's only fair to warn you that you sealed your fate tonight. When you knew you were in trouble, you came to me. That makes twice, Mercy, and twice is almost as good as a declaration. You are mine now... Ben says you might run. If you do, I will find you and bring you back. Every time you run, Mercy. I won't force you, but... I won't leave or let you leave either. If you can fight that cursed fairy drink, you can certainly overcome any advantage being an Alpha gives me if you really want to. No more excuses, Mercy. You are mine, and I am keeping you.

Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!

You wouldn't let him do it, would you, Jamie?" Jamie's expression was very serene. She stared at Andrew when she spoke to her husband. "With your permission, I would like to answer him." "You have it," Alec replied. "Andrew," she called out in a voice as cold and clear as a frigid winter morning, "my husband does whatever he wishes to do. I am sometimes allowed to help, though. If he decides to cut off your feet, I will, of course, offer him my assistance.

I'm a power fanatic. I like to own things, and have them be mine. Acting doesn't belong to you, if you're not the writer or the director.

There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy is successful, he has everything, but his wife has left him. The most important value - love - is missing. What is wrong with this institution called 'marriage'? What is wrong with this institution called 'the pursuit of happiness'?