It opens:

"Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death makes me more faithful. It is only when you make me suffer that I feel safe and secure. You should never have agreed to be a god for me if you were afraid to assume the duties of a god, and we all know that they are not as tender as all that. You have already seen me cry. Now you must learn to relish my tears." Pauline Reage

Now that, I'd like to say. I know it's a book, but god how I'm tired of babytalk, kissy kisses and anything having to do with my say, men bowing to me, anyone, looking for answers. Really, what man can measure, is the only problem I see with reading this... though I'd imagined it all before, just never read.

Thanks for the recommendation

I wonder what the fellas think about that?? Ladies want to weigh in?

A books forum may or may not work here.

They tend to come and go, and that's a Good Book just not something everyone may enjoy reading

This seems more poetic and soulish than just a book; like an adult version of Yuri Zhivago poetry, in story form.

It's a good excerpt that you chose. Thanks.