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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 The Crimson Petal and the White (2002)

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What you lack is the right connections, and that is what I've brought you here to make: connections.

The Crimson Petal and the White (2002)

Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.

The Crimson Petal and the White (2002)

Trust is absolutely precious, and its betrayal horrifies me. I do want readers to trust me. And yet I don't want to offer them a safe, predictable ride.

Interview in 3 A.M Magazine (2002)

The main characters in this story, with whom you want to become intimate, are nowhere near here. They aren't expecting you; you mean nothing to them. If you think they're going to get out of their warm beds and travel miles to meet you, you are mistaken.

The Crimson Petal and the White (2002)

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