No matter what happens in public—no matter what—don’t doubt that I love you and care about your welfare . . . as much as I am able.

People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.

I wish," I said. "I could save orgasms in a jar for when I need them, because I think I have a few extra.

Well in two months, it'd be sunbathing time. That made me smile. I enjoyed lying in the sun in a little bikini, timing myself carefully so I didn't burn. I loved the smell of coconut oil. And I don't want to hear any lectures about how bad tanning is for you. That's my vice. Everybody gets one.

When you've been really beaten, you realize that you are just an envelope of skin, an easily penetrated envelope that holds together a lot of fluids and some rigid structures, which in their turn can simply be broken and invaded.

Just because one of Arlene's husbands was a murderer is no reason for me to be ugly

Snow, here?" Eric was as delighted as a child. "I love snow!" Why was I not surprised? "Maybe we will get snowed in together," he said suggestively, waggling his blond eyebrows.