There ain't a man in the world cares about a woman's past until he's thinking of her in his future.

Huh? Oh you have a hidden agenda, do you?" She laughed. His straight-faced humor always surprised her. "You promised me you didn't."
"There is nothing hidden about it," he replied. My objective is obvious. I've decided I'd rather have you describe me as 'sweet' than a 'slagging pain in the tailset.'"
"Really?"
"Well..." he looked up from the bag. "Maybe not in public."
"I might be able to confine myself to saying it in private, if you gave me a reason." Taya met his eyes, and he blushed.

Icarus."
"Hmm?"
"I don't have a hidden agenda. Nor do I intend to use you or mislead you with my charm."
Despite herself, she smiled, glancing at him. His face was studiously neutral.
"The day you act charming, I'll know something is wrong.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.

We think we can convince a jury that a woman with her reputation, a woman who has done the things she has done, should go to prison.