Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.

I've always considered myself a feminist, which is such a tough word for people. Some people immediately assume that you're angry or you hate men, which is obviously not true.

She felt him tremble with the force of his need. He spoke just beneath her ear, his voice thick with tormented pleasure. "You have to leave, Sara ... because I want to hold you like this until your skin melts into mine. I want you in my bed, the smell of you on my sheets, your hair spread across my pillow. I want to take your innocence. God! I want to ruin you for anyone else.

If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own.

You won't kiss me for diamonds," he said, his voice slightly raspy, "but you will for chocolates?" Poppy nodded.

"I won't apologize for my past. A man is supposed to have experience." "From all indications, you've acquired enough for ten men".

...one can't avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.