“Im going to make you feel so good, I swore to her, that youre going to not just scream my name, but forget yours.”

“He was, however, unable to give much prolonged or continuous thought to anything that evening , or to concentrate on any one idea; and anyway, even if he had been able to, he would not have found h...”

“Nature can counsel nothing but crime.”

“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”

“What if I told you that you occupy my every waking thought? That I dream about you at night? And that you feature in my darkest, dirtiest dreams? What then?”

“I wont ask you for anything you arent willing to give me, he croons. And I promise youll enjoy it. Do you want to play?Theres no question. Yes. Yes, I do.”

“He laughed, a big, open-mouthed laugh that made her think of words beginning with the letter O.”