Author of quotes: Ursula Le GUIN. Page 10

He reached out to her, and she rushed at him; they squeezed each other's arms. He wanted to say something, but for a long time could not utter a word. "You know I want you, I need you, more for me, nothing in the world that I did not..." He stuttered, and she is rejecting him, rejecting his need of her, saying, "no, no, No, no," but she more pressed against him.