Home > Work > The Offer
21 " I don’t tell him this though. I don’t dare. I keep these feelings – I love you, I need you, I crave you – and the fears – you’ll break me, you’ll wreck me, you’ll condemn me – all to myself. "
― Karina Halle , The Offer
22 " I also had another motto: Fool me once, shame on me. You won’t fool me twice. "
23 " Your young heart is a wild, elastic thing. Now, I fear that age and time and experience stretches it too hard, too far, and it will never snap back. "
24 " Perhaps he thinks single moms are crazy. In some ways, we kind of are. "
25 " Obviously dick was involved.” “Hashtag dick. "
26 " Language,” I admonish him. “The dirtier the better,” he says, loving it. “All she knows is we’re talking about carpets. Speaking of carpets…” His eyes drift down to my jeans. "
27 " Oh, you like me. You just don’t know it yet. "
28 " There was a time when I used to walk into the room and own it, or at least believe in what I was offering, but I hadn’t felt that confidence in a long time. "
29 " Is this going to be like ‘Indecent Proposal?’” she asks. “Because Robert Redford loses at the end. "
30 " 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. I "
31 " I’m just another broken-souled person on this planet, waiting for time to pass. "
32 " I think sometimes when you love something too much, you’re that much more aware of how much you have to lose. "
33 " I’m more than just a pretty face, I can tell you that much,” he says with a wink "
34 " Sweetheart, when you go out looking like a bloody movie star, the kind that young boys put on their walls and wank off to inside of a sock, you’re going to be hooking up. You may not know it yet but,” he waves at me with his fingers, “you’re giving the fuck me vibe. "
35 " He’s a bit rough, you know, a dirty talker too. At least with what I’ve experienced. I don’t think he’s quite as vulgar as Linden.” “Give it time. "
36 " I know you’ve been burned. But I’ve been burned too . Maybe our ashes can make something beautiful together. "
37 " Nicola,” I say to her again, my voice hard, “please believe me when I say I’m not in love with anyone but I swear to you it will be you and soon. I just need time to come around and when I do, it’s going to be magic. "
38 " The problem with my pride, though, is that it rarely lets me forget when it’s been burned. "
39 " Maybe it was love or maybe it was just loss,” he repeats slowly. “I like that. That makes sense to me. Because sometimes you don’t know, you just know what you had is gone and you know how that makes you feel. "
40 " Nicola,” he says, placing both his hands on either side of my face, gazing into my eyes with such deep focus. “I know you’ve been burned. But I’ve been burned too. Maybe our ashes can make something beautiful together. "