There were times in life when you had to take a risk that might end in failure. Because otherwise you would be haunted by what you hadn’t done... the paths you hadn’t taken, the things you hadn’t experienced.

Haven't you ever wished that you could steal back just a few hours of your past?" she asked softly. "That's all I want... just a little taste of what might have been.

She was everything he'd ever wanted, beauty and fire arching against his despoiling hands.

I loved him so much, loved his fearlessness, his strength, even the ambition that would someday take him away from me.

Ah, there’s the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoolboy.

Oh, I have a very pure soul. It's only my private parts that have gotten me into trouble".

When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.