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41 " I basked in her disdain. "
― Lucy Score , By a Thread
42 " Is this one of those places where you pay people to be assholes to you?” I asked my mother. “Oh, honey. I’m doing this for free.” Sex Hair batted thick lashes in my direction. I opened my mouth to destroy her. "
43 " We ended up in a tangle on the floor. The tile cooling heated skin. Muscles still shaking. Dominic stroked a hand over my hip. “I think I pulled a hamstring,” he whispered. “I think you impregnated my lungs. "
44 " This hormone thing,” he said, gently wiping the tears from my face with his thumbs. “How long does it last?” “I guess we’ll find out,” I sobbed. "
45 " You want someone you can trust with your nightmares. Not just your dreams. She showed you her nightmare, and you walked "
46 " My wish for all of us is that we love whole-heartedly and are present enough in our relationships that when we part our only regret is quantity not quality. That we all understand that the pain of loss is what gives the rest of our life color and flavor and texture. "
― Lucy Score , Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout, #1)
47 " We’re both on dates, and you’re telling me that if I quit my job—a job that is essential to my family’s survival—that you’ll be happy to fuck me,” I summarized. "
48 " Yeah. You do,” he countered. “Pain is what tells you you’re alive. You numb that, and how do you know you’re still here? "
49 " You type like a Clydesdale. "
50 " Baby, you need to stop obsessing about the things you should be doing and make some time for the shit you wanna do. "
51 " Tacos and home renovation supplies with an entrepreneur, a male exotic dancer, and a drag queen on her day off. Just another glamorous day in the life. "
52 " But I did know that sometimes a bad seed was just a bad seed. No matter what field it was planted in, no matter how it was tended, some just came up rotten. "
53 " Some people don’t know what to do with their pain,” Naomi said, looking out the window again. “So they take it out on whoever is nearby. "
54 " I’d offer to help you with him, but I hate you. "
55 " That’s parenting. We’re all doing our best. We’re exhausted, confused, and feeling like we’re constantly being judged by everyone else who looks like they’ve got it all figured out. But no one does. We’re all just making it up as we go. "
56 " She greeted me with her hands extended, and I didn’t know what to do, so I took them both and made a weird little curtsy. Had I lost the ability to people? "
― Lucy Score , Rock Bottom Girl
57 " Ajunior editor chirped in my ear about canary yellow sundresses and Cuban photoshoots while the January wind worked its icy fingers through my layers. I navigated the curb buried under foot-tall piles of what used to be snow. Now it was gray slush frozen into dirty, depressing clumps. "
58 " I don’t think my heart is safe around you. "
59 " How did you meet?” I asked. Please, for the love of my sanity, say a church group promoting abstinence. “Who?” she asked, rearranging the photos leading with the twirl. “Your date.” “Oh. On a dating app,” she said cheerfully. Fuck. "
60 " She had the handwriting of a three-year-old trying to figure out whether they were right- or left-handed. "
― Lucy Score , Whiskey Chaser (Bootleg Springs, #1)