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1 " Finn held me as if the world were ending, as if the cacophony that surrounded us was an apocalypse, as if that was our last chance. "
― Skye Warren , One for the Money
2 " Why are you in a rush? I want to ask him. Why does every kiss feel like the last one? "
3 " Everyone wants love. It’s the one human constant. "
4 " Both of us tend our families like they’re terrariums, ecosystems that only exist because we’re keeping them together. "
5 " A rare day when you actually need or want my help. I hadn’t realized that I’d been so resistant to help. Maybe I do need to get better about accepting support instead of always giving it. Well, let’s not go that far. "
6 " It’s effervescent. Like life is a fizzy drink. "
7 " I’m not afraid of competition. When you scream my name it won’t be because I was first. It will be because I was best. "
8 " I can’t imagine mere mortals having a chance with her. She’s like a goddess. Like you’d visit her at a temple, arms full with priceless offerings. "
9 " in our social sphere, people still make marriages based on money and connections. That doesn’t leave a lot of room for love. "
10 " I know about hurtling toward pain and humiliation with no way to stop. You face it with your head held high, because that’s all you have left. "
11 " There’s a desperate intensity to his actions, as if he knows there’s a ticking clock counting down his time. "
12 " there’s a hint of vulnerability in her eyes. It’s what pulls me to her. She’s so damn strong, holding up her entire family like Atlas holds the world. But who rubs her shoulders at the end of the day? "
13 " I’ve learned that high-society women enjoy a bit of roughness. They want something that silk sheets and bubble baths can’t give them. "
14 " She looks exhilarated, fully alive, and breathtakingly beautiful. It makes me want to corrupt her in every way I can imagine. "
15 " I kiss her. It starts off as a brush of lips. It turns into more. I nibble her full lips, and she opens them on a gasp. A question and answer. A seeking and a solace. She smells so good. I want to inhale her again and again, until my lungs are full, until she pervades every part of my being. "
16 " I had a privileged childhood,” I said. “The best of everything.” “Not the best dad. "
17 " I saw a world, in my head And on the TV screen It sang a song of violence— Blood no one had to clean "
18 " Imagine a gladiator ring in ancient Rome. The weapons. The blood. The stray lion. That is what a family dinner at the Morelli mansion is like. "
