You're like a half-tamed creature, still shy of the bridle. 'Except you enthrall me, never shall be free.' But freedom is an illusion, anyway.

Ask yourself what a man without guile might do to your body in the dark.

Just remember,” he told her. “If you run from me, I will pursue.

If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or I might drag you into my chambers and have you pleasure me in ways you cannot even imagine. I might even take mercy on you, and that would be the cruelest injustice of all, because for you, it would only be a temporary reprieve.

We feel most alive when we are closest to death.

What is art, if not an excuse to be adventurous?

It takes many sheep to satisfy one wolf.

There was something delightfully intimate about the relationship between predator and prey.

Careful,” he said. “If you keep blushing like that I may do more than just draw you.