“Some men want to win a gold medal, some want a family, some want to be rich, some want to be free, some want to kill other men, and some men want to do the right thing. Me, I only want you.”
“Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.”
“Some want to be owned, and some want to be saved. Only some want to exist in the glow of contentment.”
“The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.”
“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
“I want to just be lazy and I want some of the people around me to be doing things, because that makes me feel comfortable and safe - and I want some of them to be doing nothing at all, because they can be graceful and companionable for me.”