“I thought I told you I didn't want to talk to you, Mr. Dresden." "I like women who play hard to get.”

“When you told me the first time that Valentine was your father, I didn't believe it. Not just because I didn't want it to be true, but because you weren't anything like him. I've never thought you're anything like him. But you are. You are.”

“I thought you didn't make love. I thought you fucked hard.”

“I wanted to love my father. I wanted to, but I didn't. Sometimes I didn't even like him. he hadn't been a guy you could really get next to, because in a way he was never where you thought he was.”

“I thought you didn't want to" - Olivia"Of course I want to, but I would look like a bad person if I didn't object at all" - Cammie”

“Didn't your mother ever tell you," Rob asked, "that you're supposed to play hard to get?" I looked at his lips. I probably don't need to tell you that they're really nice lips, kind of full and strong-looking. "What," I wanted to know, "is that going to get me?”