“Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams.”

“Night can't cloak your scarlet dream. Accept Desire's call.”

“when the thrill of his body fades or changes, and the difficulties of pledging yourself to only one person surface, kindness will be the balm that soothes the wounds of life.”

“The ability to accessorize is what elevates us from lower-life forms," I said in my lecture voice, choosing a pair of diamond-studded drops for my ear. "Like men.”

“I spent centuries I your arms. This time our joining will be controlled by me, and you will revel in the pleasure I can bring you. Throw off the shackles of your distant goddess and come to me. Be my love, truly, in body as well as soul and I will give you the world!”

“Well, hell.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”