“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...”

“You think I'm gorgeous?When I look at you, all I can think about are the the different ways I'd like to fuck you.So that's a yes then? she said shyly.No, darlin. It's an I-hope-you-weren't-planning...”

“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?”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...you give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you...”

“We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capa...”

“In part, that's because when we delay marriage, it's not just women who become independent. It's also men, who, like women, learn to clothe and feed themselves, to clean their homes iron their shir...”

“Izzy was utterly convinced. Never mind Arabian horses, African cheetahs. No creature in the world could bolt so quickly as a rake confronted with the word "marriage". They ought to shout it out at ...”

“Well, then, he ought to write her a letter. He ought to say: 'This is to tell you that I propose to live with you as soon as this show is over. You will be prepared immediately on cessation of acti...”

“Forget boys and read a good book. Or study. When you're twenty-five and ranking in the big bucks, men will be falling all over you're a successful professional woman.”