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The Contract (The Contract, #1) QUOTES

The Contract (The Contract, #1) QUOTES

1 " When you get older, Richard, you realize life is made up of moments. All sorts of them. Sad ones, good ones, and great ones. They make up the tapestry that is your life. Hold on to all of them—especially the great ones. They make the others easy to take. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

2 " Without her, it was nothing.
Without her, I was nothing.
~Richard VanRyan "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

3 " When you get older, you realize life is made up of moments. All sorts of them. Sad ones, good ones, and great ones. They make up the tapestry that is your life. Hold on to all of them - especially the great ones. They make the others easy to take

-Penny "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

4 " If you call me sweetheart, do I get to call you something, ah, special, too?”
“I’m not one for nicknames. What did you have in mind?”
“Something simple.”
I could live with that. “Like?”
“Dick,” she stated with a straight face.
“No.”
“Why not? It’s a short form of your name, and it, ah, suits you, on so many levels. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

5 " When you get older, you realize life is made up of moments. All sorts of them. Sad ones, good ones, and great ones. They make up the tapestry that is your life. Hold on to all of them - especially the great ones. They make the others easy to take. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

6 " A voice spoke in my head, whispering maybe what she needed all along was someone to hold her up, rather than tear her down. That brought "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

7 " She ran her tongue over her bottom lip, a mischievous smile curling her mouth. “Are you . . . are you pregnant, Richard?” “No,” I scoffed. “I was thinking one day, you would be. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

8 " looking man, I know my way around "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

9 " I think, if you try, you could be a great man. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

10 " I want to keep it—act as if you can’t wait to get me home and fuck my brains out, and we can leave soon. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

11 " I stroked my chin with my finger. “Well, since fucking for fucking sake is off the table, I guess we need to figure that out. Unless you want to try? "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

12 " I had fallen in love with her by building one small, new positive habit at a time. She had slowly replaced the bad ones, until they were gone, by simply being her. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

13 " Love doesn’t make you weak. Real, honest love—it makes you strong. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

14 " Anything I wanted I could have—even growing up, I was denied nothing material. Yet, I was never satisfied, because the one thing I wanted most, they never provided.

Love. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

15 " My mother was like a dog with a bone, refusing to give an inch. She would harp away at my father who would eventually explode. "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)

16 " I didn’t have everything! Not without you! I had nothing, and without you, it all meant nothing! The one real thing I had, the one honest, real thing was you! "

― Melanie Moreland , The Contract (The Contract, #1)