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N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9) QUOTES

N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9) QUOTES

1 " Preppy leans back on the siding and hooks his thumbs under his suspenders, stretching and releasing them several times before he speaks. “Sooo…I hate to be the bearer of interesting news, but you’re looking at her like you want to eat her. Stalk much?”
“No, I’m fucking not,” I snap defensively. Too defensively.
Preppy releases his suspenders and holds up his hands like he’s on the receiving end of a hold-up. “Whoa, whoa. Don’t go getting your panties in a twist, little brother. I didn’t say stalking was a bad thing. In fact, if you need some pointers, I’d be happy to enrol you in Preppy’s How To Stalk Like a Mofo 101. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

2 " Oh, motherfucking holy shit of fucking fucks. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

3 " Do you always talk this much?” he asks, his hard stare shifts gears to slightly amused. I swallow hard. “Yep. I have anxiety. The need to fill the silence with word vomit is one of the sexier side-effects. You don’t like it? I’ll be happy to be on my merry, babbling way. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

4 " Stalking is such a strong word. I prefer tracking with interest "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

5 " Hear me when I say that you are more than one thing. A person can be both sensitive and heartless. Both selfish and selfless. Quiet and loud. Fearful and bold. Jealous and proud. A killer and a savior. Flawed, yet perfect. We can love and hate in equal measure. We can be crazy sometimes and sane in the next. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

6 " Like, on one hand, I’m pissed because my kid broke into my safe and brought me a bag of my good coke, but on the other hand…” His eyes gloss over, but he doesn’t look upset. He looks…proud? “He knows what good coke is. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

7 " I look through the sliding glass doors and catch a glimpse of Lenny’s long brown hair ... A feeling inside me more powerful than any drug I’ve ever sampled takes hold.
Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine to protect. Mine to…
I don’t even have to finish the thought. I have my answer.
“Yeah, she’s mine.”
King looks into the house, a grin spread across his face. “The question is, does she know that?”
… “No,” I stand and toss my beer in the trash. “but she’s going to find out. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

8 " This thing between us, connecting us, is far from a romance.
It’s a crash.
A fucking freefall. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

9 " I thought I was broken before, but the more time I spend with Poe, the more I realize that I have no idea what broken is.
Because when all of this is over, I know without a doubt that one way or another, she’ll be the one who truly breaks me "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

10 " This, with Nine, is downright nuclear. And any second, we’re both going to fucking explode. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

11 " I know the result of not hearing what he might have to say has a high chance of haunting me for the rest of my life and cause me many agonizing nights of sleeplessness. But then again, so did the ending of Game of Thrones. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)

12 " No point on dwelling on the past. It’s not something that can be fixed. Besides, it brought me here. To my brother. My friends. You. I can’t say certain shit don’t make me angry when I think about it, but a life worth living doesn’t come without trials. It’s what makes us who we are. "

― T.M. Frazier , N9ne: The Tale of Kevin Clearwater (King, #9)