“Hey, she was his fantasy girl. She was supposed to act in an appropriate fantasy-like manner. She wasnt supposed to look at him as though he was all her nightmares rolled up into one big pile of do...”

“Is this another fantasy? she asked.His gaze lifted to her face. His expression was serious, his usual amusement absent. No. This is real. This is you and me. Just once, and afterwards Ill leave you...”

“He almost didn’t want to start. He’d been fantasizing about this for so long. What if it was a disappointment? What if he couldn’t make her come? In his fantasies, she’d come for him hard and frequ...”

“Is this another fantasy?” she asked.His gaze lifted to her face. His expression was serious, his usual amusement absent. “No. This is real. This is you and me. Just once, and afterwards I’ll leave ...”

“This pride of yours, its admirable as all get-out, but there has to come a point in your life where you admit you need a hand. Pain might be necessary, but suffering is optional. Are you going to l...”

“Gripping her wrists, he pinned her tight to the vanity. That sex as a weapon thing can only get you so far, Tess.Wanna bet? Im not damaged, cowboy. I dont have hang-ups about my body, I dont use se...”

“Ive done things Im not proud of and Im trying really hard to make up for those things by being a decent guy. And decent guys dont act the way Ive been acting around you, so Im going to stop.”

“Any man's a fool who lets himself be a wage-earning slave, today.”

“If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms”

“I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay.”

“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.”