“I closed my eyes, thinking, Let me love you, Hardy, just let me.”
“Close your eyes," he said, low and soft. "Look inside yourself and don't think for a second, just ... tell me, how did you feel when I kissed you?"[...]"Unbroken.”
“Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.”
“I want men to admire me, but that's a trick you learn at school--a movement of the eyes, a tone of voice, a touch of the hand on the shoulder or the head. If they think you admire them, they will admire you because of your good taste, and when they admire you, you have an illusion for a moment that there's something to admire.”
“Which animal do you see when you hold me and close your eyes and think of animals?”