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1 " I think sometimes when you love something too much, you’re that much more aware of how much you have to lose "
― Karina Halle , The Offer
2 " Because people like to hold onto their ideas of what you are and who you are. They put you in a box and no matter how hard you try to show them what you’re really like, they can’t wrap their heads around it. They won’t. They only want you to be a certain way, the way they see you. To change that messes with their heads. "
3 " No matter how much you change, some people will always view you as you were at a certain time of your life. "
4 " Because, when you invite someone in and they leave, they take a part of you with them. It ruins the foundation. Don’t you see? It’s damaging when you pull the bricks out and the whole building collapses. "
5 " Sometimes I feel life is just one episode after another of trying to find another way. I wonder what happens when you discover there is no other way this time. "
6 " He grins. “Sweetheart, you wouldn’t know what to do with my dick even if you tried.” “I most certainly would!” I blurt out, unable to help myself. I regret my words immediately. There’s one hell of a long, mortifying second as he slowly raises his dark brow, a twinkle in his eye. “Oh really?” he muses, smile dancing on his lips. "
7 " I adore you. I want to spend every minute with you. I want to spend my future with you. But I’m a man of a past I have yet to shake, even though I’m working on it. You’re bringing me out of the past and into the future, where I belong. "
8 " Bramtastic. "
9 " You really want me to like you, don’t you?” He smiles, dimples and everything. “Oh, you like me. You just don’t know it yet. "
10 " I know you’ve been burned. But I’ve been burned too. Maybe our ashes can make something beautiful together. "
11 " Because he was so, so wrong about hearts and buildings being different. They are the same. They are structures that keep us safe, that shield us from the elements. And the minute they start to falter, everything else is at risk. A heart can be condemned, just as a building can be. A heart can be destroyed by a sledgehammer disguised as rejection, by a bulldozer masquerading as a careless word. A heart can be blasted to pieces and ruined to the ground. "
12 " Sometimes it’s the easiest, most simple things in life that bring you the most joy. The good, pure kind of joy that just makes you feel human and proud of it. "
13 " You know what your real problem is, sweetheart?” “What?” I ask, wanting to know and scared of the answer. “You’re totally underfucked,” he says, his voice dropping a register. He leans in closer. “And I’m the one who can tip the scales in the other direction. "
14 " No one is looking out for you or your child but you. "
15 " Maybe it was love or maybe it was just loss, "
16 " But knowing your wall is just as thin, don’t feel like you have to be quiet when – if – you ever bring a man over. I don’t mind. I like to listen. "
17 " I’m drunk. Everything is comfortable. Except I wish I had a cheeseburger. I would eat it and use it as a pillow. Or maybe use it as a pillow and then eat it. "
18 " Given the lack of sexual activity in your apartment and your refusal to take even one peek at my knickers, I’m curious if you’ve ever had sex before. I mean, I know you have a daughter but you hear about these virgin births all the time. "
19 " Once you go Bram, you won’t give a damn. "
20 " In my experience, love is a destructive force, tearing hearts to shreds and forcing people to pick up the pieces. Even the best love stories are violent tales. "
