Don Juan Tenorio

“Doña Ana is a woman who could make a man forget all others…

. . . yet I am not a knight errant on a chivalric quest. I am a lustful libertine motivated by the calculated pursuit of pleasure.

I have been so many things. First an orphan and acolyte. Now a noble and libertine. And between the two, a burglar and spy.

Serena gave me a mask. It was made of black leather, and was therefore valuable, and I took it in both hands as if receiving a sacred vestm

Serena gave me a mask. It was made of black leather, and was therefore valuable, and I took it in both hands as if receiving a sacred vestm

“A man is not just what he is born. A man is what he wants, what he desires, what he becomes,” the Marquis said. . .

“Every woman, no matter how indifferent and how beautiful, longs for love and admiration. If you show her the consideration that she lacks,

“All women look for one thing in a man above all others...” "Confidence."

“Don Juan without a woman in his arms is like the Giralda without a bell,” Alma said as she sat down on my lap.

While a man can do little to change his physical form, the burning flame of his eyes is wholly dependent on the passion of his soul.”

Before monogamy, before marriage, before Church, and before King, there was seduction.

“Do not the same passions, the same cruelties, and the same kindnesses live in the hearts of all the sons of Adam. . . "

. . . there was more pleasure in one kiss from the man I loved than a thousand nights with a stranger.”

Finding Doña Ana unchaperoned was a rare opportunity and I quickly hurried downstairs. . .

“The true passion of which you speak could only occur in marriage, for without love, there is only lust, forever fleeting and empty.”

I am always amazed at our willingness to eat casually in public, given how secretive we are about our other bodily appetites.

“We ARE animals! We are not angels!” I said in barely controlled fury, the years of anger coming to the surface.

“A woman always knows even what a man will not admit to himself.”

The light from the hundreds of candles in the chandeliers shimmered and cast their glow over the entire room.

“How she slipped into the locked chamber of my heart I do not know. And now I will do anything not to let her escape.”