“But one thing she'd learned was that if a girl didn't ask, a girl wouldn't get.”

“Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?""Girls don't often ask questions like that," said Hermione."Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully.”

“there was only one thing that interested her and that was getting into bed with men whenever she'd the chance. And I warned her straight. 'You'll be sorry one day, my girl, and wish you'd got me back'.”

“Just once, she'd like to be the exciting one, the girl somebody wanted.”

“If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd received a genuine autograph from a genuine girl from Atlanta. Not just any girl, but a girl who was, frankly, a pretty big deal. A girl who was me.”

“And a girl could give herself only in love. Mutual love. Otherwise she'd ruin herself for nothing. A girls body was a prize. It had to be more than asked for. It had to be earned, worshipped, and avowed.”