After you've taken so much trouble to set up recorder, you ask me now?

— E.L. James

Ana, honey, you've always had a tendency to overanalyze everything. Go with your gut.

— E.L. James

Anastasia, you're going to have to learn to be rich, too, if you say yes.' He says softly. 'Wealth isn't something I've ever aspired to, Christian.' I frown. 'I know. I love that about you. But then you've never been hungry.' He says simply.

— E.L. James

AnatasiaYou Are My More My Love, My Life Christian

— E.L. James

And in this quiet moment, as I close my eyes, spent and sated, I think I'm in the eye of the storm. And in spite of all he's said and what he hasn't said, I don't think I have ever been so happy.

— E.L. James

And so a pattern develops: wake, work cry. Sleep. I can't even escape him in my dreams. Gray burning eyes, his lost look, his hair burnished and bright and bright all haunt me. And the music... so much music-I cannot bear to hear any music. I am careful to avoid it at all costs. Even the jingles in commercials make me shudder.

— E.L. James

Are you still mad at me?"" Yes."" I'll go back to sleep, then."" Good.

— E.L. James

Besides, immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control things.

— E.L. James

Christian, you are the state lottery, the cure for cancer, and the three wishes from Aladdin's lamp all rolled into one

— E.L. James

Darling, you know what they say. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.” I give her a lopsided, bittersweet smile. “I think I’ve kissed a prince, Mom. I hope he doesn’t turn into a frog.

— E.L. James