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121 " I want you to look at me the way you used to. I want you to think that I’m good. I want you to still want me. "
― K.A. Tucker , Chasing River (Burying Water, #3)
122 " I’ve spent the last twelve years dwelling on all the things Wren Fletcher isn’t. I should have had the guts to come and find out all the things he is. "
― K.A. Tucker , The Simple Wild (Wild, #1)
123 " Ohmigod,” I moan, clutching my stomach. I’m sure I’m going to be sick. I’m going to become an exhibitionist vomiter.My heart is back to beating—racing, actually—as a new level beyond mortification slams into me. I sounded just like the actress in that awful video of Ben’s that Kacey made me watch over the summer. Literally. I accidently walked in on those weirdos watching it one night. Kacey took that as an opportunity to pin me down on the couch while Trent, Dan, and Ben howled with laughter at my flaming cheeks and horrified shrieks.My sister is the Antichrist. This is all her fault. Hers and Stayner’s. And those stupid Jell-O shooters. "
― K.A. Tucker , One Tiny Lie (Ten Tiny Breaths, #2)
124 " That wanting someone to be something they’re not won’t make it happen. "
125 " I’m not afraid of anything, yet I think I’m afraid of Charlie. Not afraid of her. Afraid of having her. Of losing her. "
― K.A. Tucker , Four Seconds to Lose (Ten Tiny Breaths, #3)
126 " My limbs curl around his body as I watch his broad chest heave with each thrust, and his hooded eyes alight with fire, our gazes locked, and I wonder how on earth I could ever possibly have not wanted this man. "
127 " I want her to meet me. Trent Emerson. The guy who wants to feel the warmth that I know exists within her. The guy who’s tied to her forever, whether she likes it or not. The one who needs to somehow make things right with her because I made everything so wrong. "
― K.A. Tucker , In Her Wake (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1.5)
128 " I also sensed the tectonic shift somewhere deep inside – my time in Alaska had changed me in ways I couldn’t pinpoint but also couldn’t ignore. Who I was and who I am now seem like two different people. "
― K.A. Tucker , Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)
129 " If only smiling wasn’t such a drain. "
― K.A. Tucker , Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1)
130 " He nods as I begrudgingly drop my hands and step over to my side, getting ready for a kick. “Seriously? You’ve never done this for your friends before?”Trent shrugs. He manages to stay straight-faced for another three seconds before a sly smile betrays him. “Yeah, tons of times. But I liked letting you feel me up. "
131 " I’m seven layers of fucked up with a side of batshit crazy. "
132 " Boys do suck the brains out of smart girls. "
133 " ...you’re either in all the way or you’re not in it at all. "
134 " And so I walk away. I walk away from the voices, the shouts, the disappointment. I walk away from my deceptions, my mistakes, my regrets. I walk away from all that I am supposed to be and all that I cannot be. For all of it is a lie. "
135 " She’s so dark, so harsh, so wounded. Her prickly exterior would keep most everyone away. And yet all I want to do is get closer. "
136 " one mistake I will never regret for the rest of my life, it is Ashton Henley. "
137 " He was given an angel and he tried to break her wings. "
― K.A. Tucker , Burying Water (Burying Water, #1)
138 " Our past isn’t who we are. I’m me and you’re you and that’s who we need to be. "
139 " Whatever makes you smile and laugh more.” His fingers toy with my bottom lip. “Let me make you smile. "
140 " He said the truth is like that of water: it doesn't matter how hard you try to bury it; it'll always find it's way to the surface. It's resilient. "