Eighteen years into their professional collaboration, Assing wrote "...if one stands in so intimate a relationship with a man as I do with Douglass, one comes to know facets of the whole world, of men and women, which would otherwise remain closed, especially if it is a man whom the entire world has seen and whom so many women have loved."
Eighteen years of collaboration, Assing wrote "...if one is so intimately connected to a man as I am with Douglass, one gains access to facets of the world, men and women, that would otherwise remain hidden, especially if it's a man who has been seen by everyone and loved by many women."