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1 " Love involves a lot of forgiveness. People aren’t perfect. Falling in love is easy, but staying in love is a choice. You have to decide if the ups and downs are worth sticking out because there will be plenty of them. There will be pain. "
― J.T. Geissinger , Ache for You (Slow Burn, #3)
2 " Because real life isn’t a fairy tale, darling, and making a relationship last is hard. Love involves a lot of forgiveness. People aren’t perfect. Falling in love is easy, but staying in love is a choice. You have to decide if the ups and downs are worth sticking out because there will be plenty of them. There will be pain. "
3 " You want a complicated relationship, get a cat. Men are as complex as ferns. Don’t overthink it. "
4 " I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. "
5 " His fingers slide around my head and start to massage my temples. I make a noise like a pig digging for truffles. "
6 " His hands are spinning stories against my skin. His strong, steady heartbeat underneath my cheek is selling promises. His smile is a fairy tale I want nothing more than to believe. "
7 " I’m crazy about the bear, and I don’t like it when he doesn’t want to be around me, so I have to chase after him with a stick and poke him until he pays attention to me again. "
8 " M’kay, you’re doing your silent smoldering thing, so I’m just gonna go ahead and talk, and you can be over there all broody and non-sharey to your heart’s content. "
9 " I will be so mad at you if you chicken out on me now.Calling me poultry isn’t going to help anything.I’ll call you a goddamn wet noodle if I want! "
10 " Apparently accusing a woman of sleeping with her butler is a great way to get her to talk. "
11 " I need to be smart and not fall in love with you too fast.That’s unfortunate, considering I’m already in love with you. "
12 " He gasps, and it sounds like my name. "
13 " For a guy who said I’m a mediocre kisser, you’re awfully eager to shove your tongue down my throat. "
14 " When I’m telling my best friend the story of the exact moment I went from disliking you and distrusting you to hating you, this will be it. "
15 " You know, you have to go to sleep at some point. But you don’t necessarily have to wake up. "
16 " There are many old, priceless objects inside you’ll no doubt enjoy breaking. "
17 " I think my ex-stepbrother wants to fuck my brains out. "
18 " That wasn’t a proposition.No? Pity. "
19 " I don’t like dick any more or less than the next girl.” His arm tightens around me. Into my ear he says in a husky murmur, “Yes, you do. You just haven’t ridden the right dick yet. "
20 " Because I’d rather die than live a single day without you, come what may. "