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81 " Finn was meant to find that journal. To find me. To be a salve, and perhaps even heal, a heart I'd worried was destined to ache forever. "
― Jessica Hawkins , Yours to Bare
82 " jerking off. "
83 " Are any of us really awake? Are we making decisions about our lives, or just letting things happen to us? Is that why we like art, why Halston needs it, because without it, we’d never feel anything out of the ordinary? “I "
84 " Fate may have brought her to me, but at some point, I have to admit it might’ve actually been fate’s asshole cousin coincidence "
85 " One misstep, one nudge, could knock you from one side to the other before you realized it. "
― Jessica Hawkins , Right Where I Want You
86 " You know that thing about putting on your own oxygen mask in an airplane before you help the person next to you?” I nod. “He’d put mine on first. Always.” “Exactly. "
― Jessica Hawkins , Slip of the Tongue
87 " Because the least painful part of an affair is the tumble and tangle of body parts. The agony is in the guts. In the reasons behind it. "
88 " I’m good at controlling it, though, and why is that so bad? It doesn’t serve me to dwell on it. “I’m not usually like that,” I say. “I don’t usually say those things.” “You asked me to call you a slut.” I exhale through my nose. When Nathan called me that, my orgasm ripped through me with unforgiving intensity. Maybe it was guilt that drove me to try and recapture that sense of worthlessness. After being revered in the bedroom for years, it was shocking and explosively hot to be someone else for once. “Yeah . . .” “How come?” He tugs on a strand of my hair to get me to look up. “Hey. I’m not judging. I thought it was hot. But I won’t call you that without "
89 " love that my husband is such a good person. Even if he can be a real fucking jerk.” He "
90 " So what does the color blue say about you?” He studies all the parts of my face—mouth, nose, ears, chin—as if he’s memorizing it for an exam. Then his eyes return to mine. “It says I never had a favorite color until I met this girl in a coffee shop with eyes so blue, they’re almost purple, like the absolute final moments before sunrise. This girl stayed on my mind. When I saw things like a cluster of irises or a peacock at the zoo, I would think of her and say to myself, that is my favorite color. "
91 " Maybe this is his reward too. Maybe he wants out of your marriage but feels trapped.” I "
92 " I used to be a romantic guy. I did the grand gestures. I was the secret admirer and the kid under a girl’s window with a stereo over my head. I once brought a girl flowers in front of the whole cafeteria to cheer her up. I want to be in love. I want to grow with my partner, not against her.” I shift in my seat at the intense longing in his eyes. “I’ve never said that out loud,” he admits. "
93 " You’ve told me I’m only yours, and you haven’t even touched me. Why do you care what happens to my body?” “Because I’m selfish and possessive over what’s mine.” “This home is yours, and you share it with others. You invited half the town here last night.” “And you think I should invite half the town to your body? "
― Jessica Hawkins , Violent Ends (White Monarch, #2)
94 " Not all of night is dark. There’s the moon, the stars.” “Just "
― Jessica Hawkins , Explicitly Yours: The Complete Series
95 " She was taking back her life, fortifying herself after years of living for others. "
96 " Children played games for themselves, not their opponents. Lola "
97 " Technicalities are not to be overlooked.” “Here’s "
98 " I like a woman who doesn’t break when you bend her.” “Nadia "
99 " Her blood seemed to simultaneously rush and drain through and from her body. "