““[T]his expressed only a little of what she felt. The rest was that she had never been loved before. She had believed it, but this was different; this was the hot wind of the desert, at the approach of which the others dropped dead, like mere sweet airs of the garden. It wrapped her about; it lifted her off her feet, while the very taste of it, as of something potent, acrid and strange, forced open her set teeth.””
![“[T]his expressed only a little of what she felt. The rest was that she had never been loved before. She had believed it, but this was different; this was the hot wind of the desert, at the approach of which the others dropped dead, like mere sweet airs of the garden. It wrapped her about; it…” quote by Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb5/henry-james-417_quote_t-his-expressed-only-a-little-of-what-sh_1186713.jpg)
![“She turned away in dismissal, only to have him grab her hand and whirl her around again. Before her startled gasp died, his mouth was on hers, his fingers buried in her hair. [...] He tasted like nothing she’d ever tasted before. Like dark fantasy. Like the sweetest temptation imaginable. And his…” quote by Norah Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ebb/norah-wilson-19742_dark-fantasy_she-turned-away-in-dismissal-only-to-hav_477500.jpg)
