Leo

= __Power__ =

== ====I gripped my knees. I released them. Neither Tension nor relaxation helped. I wanted to cry. If not for the fifteen years of training, I would have writhed on the floor; I would have had to be held down. the list of grievances went on and on. If an enemy should flay me, the light would shine through my skin like lace.====

(Kingston, Maxine p.35)
"Why did she had to look so whipped? she was a child-unburdened-why wasn't she happy? The clear statement of her young, helpless, hopeless presence. Her back hunched that way; her had to one side as though crouching from a misery as an accusation. He wanted to break her neck- but tenderly. guilt and impotence rose in a bilious duet." -the Bluest eye

Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Nor even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body - he seemed to fill those -glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see the great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage - a cruel body."

"'You two start on home, Daisy.' said Tom. 'In Mr. Gatsby's car.' She looked at Tom, alarmed now, but he insisted with magnanimous scorn. 'Go on. He won't annoy you. I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.'" -the Great Gatsby

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