“the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter.”

“He loved her. He wanted her. He needed her. And he needed her now.”

“Suddenly it was too hard to be in his presence, too painful to know that he would belong to someone else.”

“If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so.”

“I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.”