“I finally came to realize is that a fair part of achieving happiness comes from understanding your own programming. And a fair amount of getting what you want from other people comes from understanding theirs.”

“True submission comes from a place of strength, ... because submitting means choosing to make yourself vulnerable to another person. It takes real guts to do that. It isn't weakness at all - exactly the opposite, in fact.”

“I'm talking about an intense, private bonding between a dominant personality and a submissive one. Between two people who have chosen to make a loving gift to one another of themselves...not just of their bodies, but of the parts of themselves that they hold back from the rest of the world. The control dynamic in a relationship like that may look uneven, but the power is really quite...balanced”

“Happiness will come to you when it comes from you. Others can only bring temporary happiness and not everyone understands you.”

“Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look, skip to the final chapter of the book”

“Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.”

“Beauty comes from the inside, beyond your fair skin.”