“His silent, stony face was only inches away now. He was so near, so terribly near – and then he moved to close the last bit of distance.”

“Knowledge is power is time is money. Meaning that if I shared knowledge, it would tantamount to sharing power or money.”

“I steal from the rich to give to myself.”

“His blue-green eyes were dark pools of immeasurable depth, pools you could drown yourself in and never again come up for air.”

“You expect me to come and work for you dressed up as a man?” I gasped.”

“Hard. That was what he looked like. That was what you first noticed about him: a hard, chiselled face, like that that of some ancient Greek statue.”

“Only stupid men would want stupid wives!”

“His silent, stony face was only inches away now. He was so near, so terribly near – and then he moved to close the last bit of distance.”

“And worse, far worse – he wasn't just kissing me. He was making me like it! And he was somehow, by some nefarious chauvinistic manly trick managing to make me kiss him back!”

“His lips reached mine and enveloped them, soft as velvet and yet unyielding.”

“Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living.”