“I got a body covered in scars, but then who doesnt? If you dont have a few scars, you havent really lived.”

“What are you saying?I want to try.He wanted clarification on that. You want to try what?There it was, that deep flush. You know.Yes, he knew, but he wasnt going to let her off the hook so easily. S...”

“Why do you think there arent rules to how sex will work? You didnt want to talk to me about what you wanted. You pushed me into the room so I wouldnt turn on the light because you knew damn well I ...”

“I dont think I like the idea that you just control me, but you get to do anything you like.Ah, but thats because you dont understand the power exchange. Note that I used the word exchange. Listen, ...”

“Maybe she should stop reading those damn romance novels. They were giving her crazy expectations.”

“I think its weird how vanilla people just jump into a bed and fuck and dont ever relish the moment, dont talk to each other about what works and what doesnt. So many people just expect sex to happe...”

“Let me rephrase. He took a seething step toward me. When it comes to you I dont like to share.”

“He put the knuckles of his fist to the table, leaned toward Niles and spoke quietly, cuttingly, in his rough, gravelly voice.Fucked her last night, man, and this morning. Five times. Five. It was l...”

“She nodded, grabbed her purse out of the drawer and skedaddled, walking like she was on a catwalk, one foot in front of the other, her ass swaying under the skirt of her expensive, tailored suit.Bi...”

“Fear can be a potent aphrodisiac.”

“When the power of the shift rips the human body apart and transforms it into its new shape, there lives a second, less than a second, a mere shimmer of time when the mind is without a home, no body...”

“He moves suddenly so that his hand is cupping my sex, and one of his fingers sinks slowly into me. His other arm holds me firmly in place around my waist. This is mine, he whispers aggressively. Al...”

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”