“Let's not be coy: you were hoping that I would satisfy all the desires you're too shy to name, or at least show you a good time. Now you hesitate, still holding on to me, but tempted to let me go.”

— Michel Faber , book The Crimson Petal and the White

Source: The Crimson Petal and the White (2002), Ch. 1

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