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1 " There comes a point when you win, and you can either soothe the loser into thinking there was something in it for them or kick them while they're down to make sure they know what just happened. "
― C.D. Reiss , Marriage Games (The Games Duet, #1)
2 " It's another man.I'll kill him. Check everything.Lock out the banks.Tuesday after the Unicef Gala.Fucked her Tuesday.She came.Did she come?Definitely came.What did I do wrong?It's me.What's his name? I'll kill—Apologize for nothing.Get access to her email.Where is she?Apologize for everything.She didn't mean it.Do something.Do something.Do.Something. "
3 " What would I do to possess her? Would I change my cellular structure? Turn my back on my identity? "
4 " I carried around five tons of pain where she used to be. "
5 " The first time I saw her, I had to hold my breath. The first time she spoke, I exhaled. "
6 " I needed to love you more than I wanted to dominate you. Don’t doubt for a second that I chose to love you. "
7 " Nothing. You need nothing. I provide you with what you need, and what I don’t provide, you don’t need. Think of it as a vacation from adulthood. "
8 " I just wanted to watch her exist. "
9 " She's my life, do you understand? Have you ever loved a woman? Have you ever held her at night so tight because you couldn't sleep thinking something might happen to her? Have you ever built a future around a woman? Ever thought of every tomorrow, every year, every decade with her? Dreamed of your old age holding her hand? "
10 " I wanted her to go.I wanted her to stay.I wanted her on my termsI wanted her on any terms.I wanted to be cured of the disease of love.I wanted to be cured of want. "
11 " Bedroom games. That’s all it is. But they’re serious, and when played right, everyone wins.” He "
12 " When is love? Is love when your heart swells at the sight of him? Is love when you fall asleep on his shoulder? Or when you fold him into sections so you can fit him in your odd-shaped envelope? "
13 " Spread me like a sheet of paper. Write your life on mine. Fold past and present together like a letter. I am yours. "
14 " Her enthusiasm infected me. She was light, life, energy. Everything. What wouldn't I do for her, when she gave me so much? I would have married her in an instant. So I did. "
15 " I loved her. Wanted to love her. Needed to love her, and the second she kneeled, she’d be nothing to me. "
16 " It was how she attacked everything. If she didn’t finish before she got bored, she didn’t finish. "
17 " Do you hate your husband?” “I never hated him.” “You’re about to. "
18 " He'd taken my armor, carefully unlocked it, slipped it off, and hidden it. "
19 " I didn’t know what we were saying to each other. We were just battering rams of hurt and betrayal. "
20 " She’d missed the entire point and hit the bullseye. "
