Home > Work > No in Between (Inside Out, #4)
1 " Laughter is like crying. "
― Lisa Renee Jones , No in Between (Inside Out, #4)
2 " Just remember that people make their own choices, and then they live with them. We can try to change them, but we can’t make their choices for them. If you do everything you can to help, you have to accept the outcome they bring on themselves. "
3 " In my book, privacy is like a great pair of high heels. To be cherished. "
4 " I’ve found that in life, the times we need help are often the times we deserve it the least. "
5 " The rush of fear is far better than the defeat of boredom. The high of not knowing what comes next is so much better than always knowing one day will be like the last. Never anticipation, never feeling anything. No. I cannot go back. So why am I so terrified of going forward? "
6 " You don’t drag someone you love into that kind of hell, and play the kinds of games he did with her mind and body. You climb out of hell to be with them. "
7 " I’m not sure what he’s implying, but I’m pretty sure it’s a slap to Chris, and I don’t like it. “Show and tell, Mark. It’s a good combination. "
8 " It means he can trust you, and trust is not an easy thing to give or receive. "
9 " He’s right. He is. But thankfully he’s a dickhead who doesn’t seem to know my panties are in Chris’s pocket. "
10 " It’s all or nothing with Chris. "
11 " I don’t know where he begins and where I end, but maybe that’s the glory of who we’ve become. We begin and end together. We’re a puzzle that fits perfectly together, where we fit nowhere else. And right now we’re seeking peace in the only place we know to look—each other. "
12 " We lie there in our bed, legs twined together and it’s a perfect moment, so perfect that I dare to believe the past cannot rip this from us. Our demons are finally not as strong as we are. Yet somehow, out of nowhere, I can almost hear Rebecca’s voice in my head as she reads her written words. The rush of fear is far better than the defeat of boredom. The high of not knowing what comes next is so much better than always knowing one day will be like the last. Never anticipation, never feeling anything. No. I cannot go back. So why am I so terrified of going forward? "
13 " Like you do,” I say. “You help people, Chris, and I love that about you. You’re helping Mark even though he doesn’t deserve it from you.” “I’ve found that in life, the times we need help are often the times we deserve it the least.” “Sometimes people like Rebecca deserve it and they never have it. "
14 " This is going to feel like a public flogging. "
15 " spreads his fingers on my cheek, his thumb stroking a seductive line along my jaw, his voice lower and deeper as he adds, “No secrets. No in between. "