“One of us had to be brave and ad­mit to vir­gin­ity. I fig­ured it should be the war­rior.”

“I was poised, fo­cused, and alert.Two hours lat­er, I was bored, sleepy, and yawn­ing.”

“Gen­tly, he leaned in and brushed his soft, gen­er­ous lips against mine. It was awe­some. I thought I might puke.”

“Evil can be glamorous.”

“In recovery, it's all about putting one foot in front of the other. As a writer, it's all about putting one word next to another on a page. ”

“We need the slower and more lasting stimulus of solitary reading as a relief from the pressure on eye, ear and nerves of the torrent of information and entertainment pouring from ever-open electronic jaws. It could end by stupefying us.”

“There is only one world the world pressing against you this minute.”