Laura Antoniou Professions : Novelist Born : 1963 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Laura Antoniou A slave's life is mostly composed of patience and study. Yes, study. If not with actual books, then following the example of greater, senior slaves. Or learning every nuance of their owner's character, so that they can more completely and seamlessly offer themselves at the right time and in the right manner. Laura Antoniou senior character book Fantasies aren't reality, I know, I know, I know. Except when they are. Except when you make them into reality. Laura Antoniou fantasy knows reality Safe, sane and consensual what do those words really mean? Assimilation, that's what. Laura Antoniou assimilation safe mean The trouble is, SMers are allowing themselves to be defined by what they are not. We think, "Oh, so many people believe that we're all murderers and rapists, and we have to explain that we're not!" Uh so, a slogan for the gay civil rights movement should be "Normal, Non-threatening and Not After Your Children"? Laura Antoniou gay believe children This used to be about sex. The literature of my people was pornography, filled with cries for mercy, drama enacted on people without prolonged negotiation, partners engaged in a dance in the middle of a bonfire. Now, it's 300-page manuals about how to make sure nothing bad will happen. Laura Antoniou drama sex people What goes on when people overfetishize safety is that they're relapsing into that old frame of mind that what we're doing is bad. Laura Antoniou safety mind people Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
