“You don't have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.”

“Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I'll be damned if I'll let you sacrifice me!”

Georgette Heyer book Black Sheep

“Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

“The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.”

Jeannette Walls (1960) American writer and journalist

“You have told me, O God, to believe in hell. But you have forbidden me to think… of any man as damned.”

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest

“I loved you and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

“Damn it… Don't you dare ask God to help me.”

Joan Crawford (1904–1977) American actress

“If you don't want to have sex, I don't want to talk about our feelings."
He scrubbed his hand through his hair, looking confused. "Well, that's for damn sure the first time a woman's ever said that to me.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

“Let me love you, but don't love me back. Do love me and let me hate you for a while. Let me feel like I have some control, because I know I never do.”

Ann Brashares (1967) American children's writer

“My mom gave me a lot of advice. I would say the biggest advice is to always have fun. Treat people well, have respect for everybody and, therefore, you will be respected. Have fun in your life!”

Heidi Klum (1973) German model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and actress