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1 " When you’re feeling weak, I’ll be strong for you. If you can’t see, I’ll be your eyes. If you can’t hear, I’ll guide you. We’re only weak when we’re not a team. Together? We’re un-fucking-stoppable. "
― T.M. Frazier , King of the Causeway (King, #9.5)
2 " It’s a tale as old as time. You know, girl with no memory offers herself to boy as a hooker hoping for safety. Boy rejects girl, then kidnaps girl. Then, girl runs away; then boy decides to keep girl. Boy and girl fall in love and have dirty sex and get tattoos. "
3 " Preppy tries to hide his crooked smile and narrows his eyes at his son. “Bo, what did we say about using those kinds of words?” Bo recites his answer without apology, like he’s remembering them from a textbook. “Not to say them in front of my mother, my sisters, or my teachers because they don't understand that swearing is a sign of emotional intelligence according to recent medical psychological studies in major publications. And socially not acceptable for an eight-year-old to use in public because it makes mom look like she’s not doing her job when we all know that my terrible language is all your fault.” Preppy nods. “That’s right. "
4 " We’ve been together for years. Three kids and one on the way, and I still tremble at his touch. They say lust fades with time.Well, they don’t know shit. "
5 " The younger versions of ourselves are not the better versions. "
6 " Guess who? I’ll give you a hinty-hint. I’m as handsome as a supermodel, and as devilish as, well, the devil. I get a hard-on for both pussy and pancakes. I like my blow with a side of blow, and my man meat is enormous. That’s right! It’s me, Samuel Motherfucking Clearwater. "
7 " If you fuck it, let it go. If it comes back to you… you can fuck it again.” Samuel Clearwater a.k.a. Preppy "
8 " Hey, Pup.” His voice is a deep bravado that tugs on every nerve-ending in my body. I thought it would fade over time, but it hasn’t. Every day with him only amplifies my feelings. Heart and body. "
9 " I’m behind you. All the way. Always.”King shakes his head and lifts my chin so my eyes meet his. “No, Pup, your place isn’t behind me. It is, and has always been, beside me. "
10 " He’s standing right in front of me, not touching me. “What do you want, Pup?”I don’t hesitate, my words come out breathless. “You. I want you. "
11 " We’re in this life together. "
12 " When you’re felling weak, I’ll be strong for you. If you can’t see, I’ll be your eyes. If you can’t hear, I’ll guide you. We’re only weak when we’re not a team. Together? We’re un-fucking-stoppable.” My heart constricts in my chest. “You take my breath away.”King holds my gaze. “You are my fucking breath. "
13 " King isn’t just my husband or my partner, he’s my soul, my safe place. My shelter from any storm. "