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1 " I watch him start to undress me. The ground moves my feet, but it’s my knees that are shaking. The temperature in the room goes up a few degrees. My breathing quickens. I watch his fingers pick at my tank top. Nicholas slides one hand underneath. He runs his fingers over my torso, presses them against my stomach. They move up and down with each one of my breaths. "
― Charlotte Byrd , Tell Me to Stop
2 " Tell me to stop,” Nicholas said earlier when he led me here. “Tell me to stop,” he said when he fastened my arms to the headboard. “Tell me to stop,” he says now when he lifts up my shirt. He waits for my answer. Again, I say nothing and let him pull it up to my collarbone. "
3 " Teenagers don’t have the experience of years to know that it’s possible to go through a lot and still live a happy life. Life is long. Full of many ups and downs. Things get worse and then they get better. "
4 " How do you know me?” I ask. Now, it’s his turn to look down at the floor. Now, it’s his turn to hesitate. “You have to tell me or I won’t even entertain this offer,”“You owe me a debt, Olive,” he says, slowly. “I don’t have to explain anything to you beyond stating the terms of how you can replay it. "
5 " But I guess that’s the thing about mothers, you only get one and you keep giving her chances because you don’t want to lose her. "
6 " But you can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. That is the definition of insanity. "
7 " I just want you to know me. "
8 " I love the feeling of a real book in my hands, but I hate having the light on and physically holding the book and turning the pages, especially when I am tired. EBooks make everything so much easier. I can store thousands of them in my device’s library and read whichever one I’m in the mood for that night. "
9 " The person to marry is the one who you want to sit on the couch with forever. It’s the person who can make you laugh and fill your heart with excitement and happiness. It’s the person you want to go on an adventure with, life being the biggest adventure ever. "
― Charlotte Byrd , Tell Me to Lie (Tell Me #6)
10 " Most movies and TV shows fade to black as soon as the characters start to kiss, but in books, their stories continue. In bed… that’s the best part of it, isn’t it? "
11 " Now, let us discuss what you can do to repay your debt,” he says. "
12 " I want you to spend 365 days and nights with me,” he says slowly and deliberately. "Live with me. Go everywhere I go. Business trips. Dinners with clients. You will act charming and happy to be there. The people I deal with will have to like you. A lot. Some will have to want you. "
13 " But I promise you one thing. You will be begging me to do it before our time is up. "
14 " I won’t have sex with you,” I say categorically. “You don’t have to,” Nicholas says, his eyes challenging mine. “But I promise you one thing. You will be begging me to do it before our time is up. "
15 " We knew everything about each other,” I say. “Ashley wasn’t dating anyone. I would be the first person to know if she had a boyfriend. She wasn’t even into boys. She thought she liked this girl in our math class. "
16 " Our mother’s husband, our stepfather, had been molesting her for months. And then he raped her. She was terrified of telling our mom because she knew she would blame her for seducing him. "
17 " didn’t brush my teeth yet, "
― Charlotte Byrd , Black Edge (Black Edge, #1)
18 " Not long ago, there was nothing I couldn’t have. Now, I don’t even have the choice of whom to marry. "
― Charlotte Byrd , Dangerous Engagement (Wedlocked Trilogy Book 1)
19 " I asked him if that’s why I’m here but he didn’t answer. "
― Charlotte Byrd , Tell Me to Go (Tell Me, #2)
20 " afraid to identify myself as a feminist, because I firmly believe that men and women deserve the same pay for the same work and equal rights, I was definitely "
