“In the back of my mind, my mother's often-recited warning comes to me: 'Never trust a man who can dance.”
“Never trust a man who can dance.”
“You're the kind of man my mother warned me about.”
“Jonah Griggs. Not just a name but a state of mind I never want to revisit, although I do keep him at the back of my mind for those times I get me hopes raised about something. So then I can slap myself into reality and remind myself of what happens when you let someone into your sacred space. Jonah Griggs is my second reminder to never ever trust another human being. My mother was first.”
“My sister once warned me that a man who blushed so easily was probably a Man With Appetites.”
“My mother says often enough that a young lady with my improper attitude can only come to ruin. I hope she's right.”