“There are so many battles to fight...so many scores to settle.”

“Yet, there is another altogether tantalizing form of surrender. The act of giving in with a vengeance.”

“She was feeling more vulnerable and alone than she had felt in years. And incredibly frightened. For all her fiercely held independence, she still desperately craved solace. A secret desire to be held, protected. Loved? No, that was going to far. Love was a manipulation. A lie. Lust was more honest. Lust only messed with your body not your mind.”

“I'm not greedy. I just want one person. The world is so big and there are so many people. But I only want one.”

“Many paths there be, to scale the mountain's height.But all who journey, see the same moon's light.”

“Being single is a great thing. Some people can't do it -- or are afraid to do it. Many people lose themselves in their relationships and forget who they are instead of learning from the other person and bettering themselves.”

“The sex was so passionate it bordered on violence. It was not vanilla. It was passion as suffering”