“Mm was fond of saying that nothing tastes as good as skinny feelsan aphorism I was pretty sure she'd cribbed from the thinspiration sites she subscribed to onlinebut I believed that anyone who said...”

“I can take care of myself, I said hotly.Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself.”

“Books make the best ersatz friendships.”

“I was afraid and knew I had every right to be, but he had awakened a part of me that no longer cared.”

“You mean you don't want to come in and hold my hand while I piss?”

“We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”

“Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous embarkation and heroic conquest, or...”

“He didn't know all that much about how the machinery worked anyway. Such knowledge was for specialists. In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer.”

“If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.”

“And you are?She fluttered her hand over her face andbrushed a wisp of light brown hair from her brow.The governor calls me Kitty. Itd probably be best if you did, too.What an alluring name? It make...”

“He look at you not because you are sexy, but because your perfect smile.”

“He looked at me with such raw need that my heart skipped a beat. He licked his lips and slowly lowered his head to mine. Does it even matter if he only wants me for my blood?”