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1 " A lady friend once told me that when a woman wears red lipstick to meet a man, it’s for two possible reasons. Either she wants him to fuck her, or she wants to tell him to fuck off. "
― Kristen Callihan , Dear Enemy
2 " Are we some kind of broken? "
3 " Too bad emotions don’t listen to orders. "
4 " Loving you was inevitable. You got under my skin at age eleven and never left. "
5 " Delilah. We react to each other like the vinegar-and-baking-soda experiments we used to do in science class as kids. Even now she brings out the immature ass in me. But the second she walked back into my life, I became aware of two uncomfortable but undeniable facts: I am lonely as hell, and Delilah Baker feels like home. "
6 " I'm going to love you, Macon Saint. So long and so hard you're not going to remember what it feels like to be without love. "
7 " I can't cry. I keep trying but nothing happens. There was just this fucking heaviness, a thick black ball in my troat. But no tears. You never cried. No matter how badly we argued I never saw you shed a tear. Neither have I. Which makes me wonder why is that we can't cry. Are we some kind of broken? "
8 " I suspected that was the true mark of the devil: turning people into starry-eyed fools when they ought to know better. "
9 " Countless people call me Saint. Only you call me Macon with that bitter honey voice. "
10 " I’m pragmatic, not pessimistic "
11 " I can't cry. I keep trying but nothing happens. There was just this fucking heavines, a thick black ball in my throat. But no tears. You never cried. No matter how badly we argued I never saw you shed a tear. Neither have I. Which makes me wonder why it is that we can't cry. Are we some kind of broken? "
12 " I don’t even know what this” - I wave my hand between us - “is.”His lips pinch. “About fifteen years in the making by my count.”“Fifteen years? Are you saying you liked me back then? Because I won’t believe that.”A scowl darkens his features, and he sets his hands low on his lean hips. “I wasn’t mooning over you, if that’s what you’re asking. But there was always something, Delilah. I don’t know what to name it. Not love. Not hate. But something. Like an itch that wouldn’t abate. You were always there, under my skin. "
13 " I can't cry. I keep trying but nothing happens. There was just this fucking heaviness, a thick black ball in my troat. But no tears. You never cryed. No matter how badly we argued I never saw you shed a tear. Neither have I. Which makes me wonder why is that we can't cry. Are we some kind of broken? "
14 " JoJo snorts again. “Because you and I were raised with ‘boys will be boys’ tossed in our faces.” She sits back in her chair and turns her face to the sunlight. “I say it should be ‘dicks will be dicks, and a misbehaving dick deserves a knee to the balls. "
15 " I say it should be ‘dicks will be dicks, and a misbehaving dick deserves a knee to the balls. "
16 " It’s taken me years to truly understand that I don’t have to take other people’s crap lying down. "
17 " I hate that saying. Meanness is meanness. To tell a girl that there’s some sort of benevolent action behind it all is to say that it’s okay for her to be victimized. "
18 " You act all high and mighty while you’re as susceptible to good looks as the rest of us. At least I have the guts to admit it. "
19 " Never in my life do I regret my youth more than at this moment. I bullied Delilah out of fear and ignorance. There’s no excuse for it, and I have no idea how to make up for what I’ve done. But I have to because this need for her is only growing stronger, deeper. I care for her. A lot. "
20 " stars overhead gave you hope because, even though it took years for their light to reach us, their starlight still gave us joy when we looked upon them. "
