tried to wash away the awful meeting at Goldman Sachs but…

“It wasn’t as if I’d expected a ring, or dinner. But, hell, a “Hello, how are you, thanks for the hot sex” was surely…

— Louise Bay

“She opened her purse and began to pull out all sorts of things—her phone, a tablet, a cosmetics bag, tissue and headphones. Jesus, who…

— Louise Bay

“Whatever it is that you’re afraid of, I’ll stand between you and it my whole life,” he said.”

— Louise Bay

“That was what I’d learned from the women in my life—pick your battles.”

— Louise Bay

“just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it was a failure. It was right for the time. No one said the right guy…

— Louise Bay

“You are beyond my imagination, Grace Astor.”

— Louise Bay

“Whatever it is that you're afraid of, I'll stand between you and it my whole life.”

— Louise Bay

“Is he crazy in love with you? Do you have a magic vagina?”

— Louise Bay

“But you’re doomed to never be satisfied with yourself.” Nausea churned in my gut. “What makes you say that?” She paused, clearly thinking carefully…

— Louise Bay

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone…

— Louise Bay

“It’s about not wanting to be the girl who waits around for scraps of time that you’re prepared to toss me.”

— Louise Bay

“What was the sex like?” I almost choked on my hot chocolate. “You didn’t just ask me that.” She shrugged as if I was…

— Louise Bay

“I’m doing what’s necessary. Sometimes you have to take certain steps in order to get to your goal.”

— Louise Bay

“Mr. Shaw—” “Grace, I’ve had my tongue in your mouth and your ass in my hand. Please, call me Sam.”

— Louise Bay

“I’d thought the guy last Thursday was super cute in complimenting my shoes until he confessed he liked to dress up in women’s clothes…

— Louise Bay