“Being abandoned doesn't make for little angels.”

“I know some women go in for excitement and danger. It must make them feel more alive. It's my professional judgment that you're a dangerous man.”

“You make me come alive- too alive. It's breathless, like a disaster. Ravishing, like crossing over into the desert and losing your bearings. Nothing's the same again.”

“Tall, elegant, vital, scornful. A man like that could rock a woman to her very core.”

“Woman, thy name is perversity!”

“I said he kissed me. Really kissed me. It rocked me to my soul. It was brutal. It was brilliant. It was horrible. I thought I was going to die.”

“You're the hero my young romantic heart settled on so long ago, you're an absolute tiger at times, you're devious and not above playing a few tricks. I love you whatever you are all the time. I've loved you for ten years without stopping. I'll love you for as long as I have breath in my body. I'm committed to one man and I'm ready to face real life with him.”