I am in the unfortunate position of having all my books boxed up for a house move and I'm trying to remember a Dirk Pitt quote and I can't even flip through my books to check! I can't remember which book or even the entire quote so I appreciate this is a long shot....
The character is thinking to himself and the paragraph centres around his relationship with women. To do with him being curious about them all but it's curiosity, not lust or love, like each one is a door he has to open to see what's beyond.
Long shot I know but if I don't remember soon I'm going to have to start opening boxes and then I'll be really unpopular!