“I know we planned to walk down to Schubert's for burgers, but can we go upstairs first?' She raised her eyebrows. 'What for?' 'Because I need to be inside you. Like...now.”

“It wasn't awful to be a man's sex object if you wanted to be, if it made you feel good, if everyone was happy in the end.”

“Would the people in her life still love her if they knew the whole truth about her? Perhaps, but would they love her the same?”

“That she lived a lie. That she wasn't the good girl everyone believed her to be, wanted her to be.”

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

“Well?" Ron said finally, looking up at Harry. "How was it?"Harry considered it for a moment. "Wet," he said truthfully.Ron made a noise that might have indicated jubilation or disgust, it was hard ...”

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each others personalities. Who wouldnt? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But thats not the clever trick. The ...”