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1 " I can’t tell him no. Some people have a relationship that’s sunshine and roses. Ours is darkness and vengeance. "
― Annika Martin , Prisoner (Criminals & Captives, #1)
2 " Another pair of cop cars heads over the hill. “You just drive nice, okay?”“Nicely,” she snaps.“What?”“Drive nicely, that’s how you say it. Not drive nice.”Oh God. Nicely. Correcting my grammar even at gunpoint. I’m so fucking hot for her, I think I might burst into flames. "
3 " She’s mine to do what I want with, but that also means she’s mine to care for, to protect. "
4 " I know how it feels when your stomach hurts like it’s trying to eat itself. I know what it’s like to fight with a grown-up and lose. "
5 " Act “naturally.” It’s called an adverb, asshole, I think, but I don’t say it. He seems to get perverse pleasure when I correct his grammar. "
6 " Because guidelines are made to broken. Like rules. Like people. "
7 " Her eyes flash at me. “Fuck you,” she says. “Are you offering? "
8 " This isn’t a fucking fairy tale. I’m not going to turn into a good guy because her cunt is made of velvet and rainbows. "
9 " Most people never have to find out what kind of shit they’re really capable of. Most people don’t have to turn themselves into something they hate just to make sure they can get that next breath. "
10 " My mind understands him, why he is the way he is. But it’s my heart that aches for him, wanting whatever shards of love he can give me, jagged, even knowing I’ll get cut in the process. "
11 " Everybody would say we’re wrong in everything we’re doing. But we don’t feel wrong to me. "
12 " We’re together. I’m his.” I don’t realize the truth of it until I actually say it aloud. I’m his. And that makes him mine too, and it’s messed up and beautiful. “I’m his and he’s mine. "
13 " Is this you giving me advice on how to survive a guy like you? Because that’s a little fucked up, even for you. "
14 " Sometimes, Abigail, you have to punch a fucking hole in your soul to survive. "
15 " All I can do is go to him and put my hands on him. To speak to him in some twisted language of love that only we two speak, where we hurt each other just to soothe the wounds that follow. "
16 " It’s like with every passing mile, I am farther and farther away from safety—and farther from myself. From being human. I’m turning into this other type of being, one who jerks off criminals in crappy motel rooms. One who wants to be kissed in a getaway car. "
17 " They didn’t take anything important, baby. They didn’t take what’s important. "
18 " Her gaze finds mine, and something flares in me. Because I would catch her. And the hottest thing is that I think she knows it. Maybe nobody has ever caught her, but I would. I would catch her. I would keep her. Make her mine. "
19 " finding the right word has nothing to do with vocabulary. The right word is already inside you. You just have to dig in and find it. And I know you can. Don’t settle for a vague word either. You’re better than that. Go for the precise word. Dig deeply. "
20 " Tell him I know what’s inside of him now. Tell him he’s a good man,” I whisper. “Those monsters never touched what was important in him. "