Roberta Pearce

When just a kid, moved back to Canada and looking for a taste of England, I__ picked up a book of my Gram__, a dog-eared romance from the __ixties about English hospital __isters_ trying to get it on with the doctors, and thought it very shocking behaviour for nuns.

. . . I suppose one starts out, as a child, being romantic and dreaming of adventure. Poetic. Then reality comes along, and with it, a whole lot of prose.

Speaking of which, about assuming you had a condom__ just meant that you, with your experience, would be prepared for responsible sex, even if it were on the fly. An intelligent man is prepared for spontaneity.

Admiring and a little overwhelmed by the simple opulence of the limousine__ interior, she shook snowflakes from her scarf and tresses, hoping the rare effort she had put into doing her hair was not entirely r

What do you know about insurance fraud?__ knew discussions of it were not likely to lead to sex.

Those were my last words. To be listed in some book of quotations, alphabetically after

Dressed to strip?_'You know__xpensive clothes that feel good in your hands while you take them off him.