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141 " The urge to touch her is overwhelming, suffocating. I fist my hands, I can’t grasp the growing comprehension that despite all our differences, at some deep, primal level, Nell and I are the same. "
― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)
142 " When I first came here, I thought you were a stranger.” Nell folds her arms around her chest, like she’s hugging herself. “I didn’t recognize you anymore. I didn’t know all the ways you’d changed from the Uncle Darius I once knew and loved. I also thought you probably didn’t recognize me either. But now…”She pauses, her gaze steady on me. “I feel like I recognize you more than I’ve ever recognized anyone in my life. I know you more than I’ll ever know anyone. "
143 " I’m more fucked up than you can imagine. So whatever little fantasy you have going on in your head, get rid of it right now. A sane man doesn’t touch a girl half his age and pretend like it didn’t matter. A good man would never do all the ugly, depraved things I’m starting to think about you. A man with any shred of decency would have more self-control than I do. Protect yourself, Nell. Stay the hell away before I do something horrible to you. "
144 " When you’ve seen the worst of humanity, taken the brunt of evil, and only lived another day, another minute, because your captor allowed it…you crave purity and goodness. You want to get as close as possible to generosity, compassion, and courage, even when all those things come wrapped up in a girl who is far too young and innocent for the likes of you. "
145 " I’m a lot older than you. Not to mention I’ve known you your whole life. The power dynamic is on me. I’m the one who needs to be in control. And when I lose control, you’re not safe.”“That’s bullshit.” I gulp back a lingering sob. “I have spent my entire life feeling unsafe.”…“The only times in my life I’ve ever felt completely and unequivocally safe are the times when I’ve been with you. "
146 " You’re going to be the death of me.”“I think … you’re going to be the life of me. "
147 " I don’t want you to think this is the way it should be for you.” He drags a hand through his hair. “I know you don’t want to hear it, but it’s the truth. I’ve done too much, seen more than anyone should. I’ve been in hell. It will always be the darkest, most sordid part of me. You don’t need any of that, any of me. I’m a fucked-up old pervert who should be arrested just for the way I think about you. "
148 " Every time you talk about yourself like that or tell me I shouldn’t want you, you’re belittling my feelings. As if my wanting you is shameful and wrong, when honestly it’s one of the few things that has ever felt right. "
149 " I’m his. I’m the woman who loves everything about him, from his most excruciating pain to his greatest pleasures. I fault him nothing. "
150 " I can’t walk away from you, Josie. Not again. "
― Nina Lane , If We Fly (What If Duet, #2)
151 " I love you.” He presses his lips to the top of my head. A shudder ripples through him. “I never stopped loving you, Josie Bird. "
152 " She, on the other hand, had blatantly exhibited the Sagittarius traits of excessive enthusiasm and bluntness. Mr. "
― Nina Lane , Sweet Dreams (Sugar Rush #1)
153 " Polly parked the van and peered through the windshield at the house. Well, good thing it was isolated here on the cliff because she was pretty sure there were zoning laws against this sort of eyesore. It was a massive, blocky structure, all white concrete, steel, and glass walls everywhere. She’d been expecting something more traditional, like an English-style brick building or a beachfront villa. Not a modern architect’s wet dream. "
154 " We’re not doing this again.”“No, we’re not doing it again because I’m a different person now.”“I’m not.”“Good. Because I only ever wanted the man you are. "
― Nina Lane , Feather & Flame (Birdsong Trilogy #2)
155 " ThisThis is what I’ve been missing, what I’ve been searching for, what I feared I would never find. But of course, he’s the one who had it all along. "
156 " Even though years can pass without us talking to each other, I’m always aware of you in the world. I always know you’re here. And I will always drop everything and run to you if I think you need help, even if you don’t want me to. Maybe that’s overstepping or whatever you want to call it, but it’s the truth. I will always come to you. "
157 " I thought that was it, that I’d broken free and was charting my own path … But the path doesn’t always stay the same. It veers off in different directions or gets blocked…or sometimes it just disappears altogether. So you have to find it again or make a new one. "
158 " My sweet, beautiful Nell. I want you more than I want to breathe. "
159 " He presses his forehead to mine. I stare into his eyes, oceans deep. If we are given only one certainty in life, one inviolable truth, then this is mine. He is mine. "
160 " I need her, the woman whose entire life is woven into the loops of my memory. My heart can’t beat without her. "