How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Somehow I felt like a fifteen-year-old girl again, because the feeling was so strangely reminiscent of Dr. Crab. I even heard myself whimper. (32.86)
The book often makes Sayuri's sexual encounters as repulsive as possible, as if men bidding to have sex with her wasn't creepy enough. Dr. Crab, who takes her virginity, keeps a vial of her blood. And the Minister, whom Sayuri has sex with to hurt Nobu, literally drools all over her. Ick.