Home > Work > The Boy with the Painful Tattoo (Holmes & Moriarity, #3)
1 " That's the thing about sex. So much of it is just plain awkward, clumsy, are-you-sure-this-is-going-to-fit-I-think-they-forgot-to-include-the-washers. "
― Josh Lanyon , The Boy with the Painful Tattoo (Holmes & Moriarity, #3)
2 " But we all hurt the people we love sometimes. We all let each other down sooner or later. Which is why contrition and forgiveness played a part in any relationship. Trying not to hurt each other, trying not to let each other down in the big things, that was as much as anyone could aim for. "
3 " Cynicism. I liked that in a man. "
4 " Nothing so simple nor yet so intense as a kiss between lovers. "
5 " But that peek into his uncensored brain made it clear he too realized there was a good chance things weren't going to work out for us, that the idea of it not working out was already in his mind, and in some corner of his heart he was already preparing for it. And since I was already preparing to prepare for it too, I'm not sure why it made me so sad. But it did. It was like someone cut my lifeline. "
6 " Don’t say anything against indies. They’re very sensitive. One hint of elitism and they’ll be organizing a twitcott. "
7 " -Kit-He said my name again and again.Just...Kit.We held each other tight,rocking,trying to milk the last drops of sensation.Wring the last flashes of lightening.Riders on the storm. "
8 " tells you "
9 " I couldn’t do this on my own. And like D.H. Lawrence said, We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. "
