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"Pretty soon I'll be obliged to ask Nicola to show me what she looks like in the nude. I find I'm looking forward to it. I can't imagine she will deny me this simple request. She knows how seriously I take my work."

I find this narrator to be really funny, and according to him very reliable. This is a fun ride.

"I guess I could tone it down, if there's time. But tone it down to what? I guess I could 'make something up', as I believe the saying goes. Spanking or whatever. Her on top. Lovebites. But I can't make anything up. It just isn't in me. Man, am I a reliable narrator...."

"He heard the sound of the waves striking the shore, and it was as though the surging of his young blood was keeping time with the movement of the sea's great tides."

"The current was pulling faster and faster. Nothing is as intense as unconsummated love. She was married to the wrong man."

"His despair had not come from the fact that he was a fool; he knew he was a fool. His despair came from the fact that his wife saw him as a fool, as a useless tinker, a copier of bad verse from two-penny religious magazines, an epileptic, and could find no reason to turn her head and see him as something better." I liked this poignant moment.

"I had a revolver, and I shot all three [German soldiers] at point-blank range. They did not even see me. There is no use saying any more about it. I am not proud of it now and I did not glory in it then. War puts men in situations where these things happen."

There's some strong war writing in this one. And nuanced characters. Falling in love with Davies' style.