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Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1) QUOTES

Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1) QUOTES

1 " My wariness deepens. It’s not that I can’t see the little girl in her anymore.
It’s that the little girl in her is gone. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

2 " I want to know everything he does, the horrible and the intensely pleasurable. He pushes himself right up against life, absorbs it into his skin. He must feel right to the marrow of his bones. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

3 " There is nothing right about touching a girl over two decades younger than me.”
I clench my jaw, “Excuse me, but I’m not just any girl.”
“I know” … “That makes it even worse. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

4 " The urge to touch her is overwhelming, suffocating. I fist my hands, I can’t grasp the growing comprehension that despite all our differences, at some deep, primal level, Nell and I are the same. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

5 " When I first came here, I thought you were a stranger.” Nell folds her arms around her chest, like she’s hugging herself. “I didn’t recognize you anymore. I didn’t know all the ways you’d changed from the Uncle Darius I once knew and loved. I also thought you probably didn’t recognize me either. But now…”
She pauses, her gaze steady on me. “I feel like I recognize you more than I’ve ever recognized anyone in my life. I know you more than I’ll ever know anyone. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

6 " I’m more fucked up than you can imagine. So whatever little fantasy you have going on in your head, get rid of it right now. A sane man doesn’t touch a girl half his age and pretend like it didn’t matter. A good man would never do all the ugly, depraved things I’m starting to think about you. A man with any shred of decency would have more self-control than I do. Protect yourself, Nell. Stay the hell away before I do something horrible to you. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

7 " When you’ve seen the worst of humanity, taken the brunt of evil, and only lived another day, another minute, because your captor allowed it…you crave purity and goodness. You want to get as close as possible to generosity, compassion, and courage, even when all those things come wrapped up in a girl who is far too young and innocent for the likes of you. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

8 " I’m a lot older than you. Not to mention I’ve known you your whole life. The power dynamic is on me. I’m the one who needs to be in control. And when I lose control, you’re not safe.”
“That’s bullshit.” I gulp back a lingering sob. “I have spent my entire life feeling unsafe.”
…
“The only times in my life I’ve ever felt completely and unequivocally safe are the times when I’ve been with you. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

9 " You’re going to be the death of me.”
“I think … you’re going to be the life of me. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

10 " I don’t want you to think this is the way it should be for you.” He drags a hand through his hair. “I know you don’t want to hear it, but it’s the truth. I’ve done too much, seen more than anyone should. I’ve been in hell. It will always be the darkest, most sordid part of me. You don’t need any of that, any of me. I’m a fucked-up old pervert who should be arrested just for the way I think about you. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

11 " Every time you talk about yourself like that or tell me I shouldn’t want you, you’re belittling my feelings. As if my wanting you is shameful and wrong, when honestly it’s one of the few things that has ever felt right. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)

12 " I’m his. I’m the woman who loves everything about him, from his most excruciating pain to his greatest pleasures. I fault him nothing. "

― Nina Lane , Sparrow & Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy #1)