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1 " Finn, what am I going to do with you?” His smile is an easy glide, but his eyes hold mine a beat too long. “Keep me. I’m pretty sure I’m good for no one else. "
― Kristen Callihan , The Hot Shot (Game On, #4)
2 " I said I wouldn’t push you, and I meant it. But one day, Chess, you’re going to feel safe enough to let go. And I’m going to be there to catch you when you fall. "
3 " Tell me again that I'm a bad bet. Because I can't wait to prove you wrong. "
4 " She makes me grateful for every sunrise. Because I wake up knowing she's in the world. "
5 " Finn is my happy. But he can’t be the only source. I’ll drown that way. "
6 " His expression turns tender. “I fucking adore you.” God, my heart. I can’t take it. I trace the curve of his eyebrow. “You’ve grown on me too, Mannus.” “I’m like fungus that way,” he agrees happily. "
7 " Hey, Chess, I know I’ve never dated a woman, but the thought of you leaving fills me with fucking dread. Because I don’t want to be your friend anymore. I just want to be yours. "
8 " Finn... You don't fight fair.""I never will when it comes to you, Chess. You're my girl, and I'm your guy. Fate knows it and I know it. Now get with the program. "
9 " Too bad. The House of Mannus also has an anti-moping law in effect. Violators are subject to noogies and loss of TV time for one day. "
10 " So,” James asks in a sing-song voice. “What’s manly Manny’s place like? Does he have a Red Room of Pain? "
11 " Love with your heart, not your head. Think about things too much and it all turns to shit. "
12 " So we’re going to…What? Be friends?” He looks almost boyish then. “Yeah. We are.” His eyes spark. “Fair warning. I’ll still be picturing you naked half of the time. So get used to a bit of leering.” “You just had to go and ruin the moment, didn’t you?” “Probably should get used to that, too. "
13 " Who is harassing you? Is it that diva Maria? Tell her the camera can perform certain illusions, but it can’t wash the bitch out of her hair. "
14 " I want to tell her things. Important, emotional things that I’ve never said to anyone else. "
15 " What must that be like? To spend an entire lifetime with someone, and the threads of who you are have become so interwoven, you can't part without unraveling "
16 " There’s an old saying: the camera never lies. Photographers know this isn’t true. The camera—and by extension, a photo—lies all the time. We make it lie through manipulation. What looks one way in real life can appear completely different in a photo. Light and dark, negative space and angles…so many things come into play. "
17 " The concept of beauty changes with a camera. Some ordinary people come alive behind the lens. Something about the way the light hits them, and suddenly they are utterly beautiful. Haggard, craggy lines can be wondrous. Utterly breathtaking faces can fall oddly flat. "
18 " Attraction is instant, for the most part. Whether it burns and grows or flickers out and dies after you talk to someone is the key. "
19 " Let me say this. I know my worth. I know that who I am is the sum of all of me, not the parts that aren’t perfect. "
20 " I don’t like the idea of you hurting. Especially if it’s for me.” “Not something you get a say over,” I tell him. "