“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”

“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.”

“The place was silent and - aware.”

“The best thing you've ever done for meIs to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all.”

“You set up your place in my thoughts, moved in and made my thinking crowded.”

“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”