“I have a natural tendency to go away when told to do so. Do you really want me to?”

“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.”

“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.”

“Ingo was a fever, and so far she hadn't found the antidote.”

“Sometimes she couldn't tolerate a man's physical superiority. No wonder they were so damned macho.”