#submission

"Maybe I should have gone into politics. If you were a political activist, election season brought moments of intensity, whichever side you were on, and meanwhile here I was inarguably withering away,"

"Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect."

"Then Hwin, though shaking all over, gave a strange little neigh and trotted across to the Lion. "Please,"she said, "you're so beautiful. You may eat me if you like. I'd sooner be eaten by you than fed by anyone else."

"I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience."

"Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship."