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41 " My life is full of unconventionalities, abnormalities and awkward fucking situations. If you’re easily offended by crude language and inappropriate talks, you’ve taken a wrong fucking turn somewhere. You won’t understand me if you can’t handle me, and I’m not going to try to explain myself. I’m raw. I’m hard. I’m the thing you shy away from. So I’m warning you now. Back away. Because once you enter my life, I won’t ever let you leave. "
― Krista Ritchie , Hothouse Flower (Calloway Sisters, #2)
42 " None of us are really normal. We’re all just strange pieces in the world. "
43 " I never knew that a relationship could be so mental, so emotional before all the physical. I wonder if we're doing this backwards or if this has been the right way all along. "
44 " You know that theory I have about friends not being forever...or even for a while? Well, every theory has an exception. Ryke is mine. "
45 " DAISY CALLOWAY I have this theory. Friends aren’t forever. They’re not even for a while. They come into your life and they leave when something or someone changes. Nothing grounds them to you. Not blood or loyalty. They’re just…fleeting. "
46 " I like her. Not the body she comes in.“Are you indecisive?” I wonder. “It looks like you have the rainbow in there.”“Precisely.” She smiles, licking the chocolate off her fingers. “Unicorns love rainbows. I love unicorns. Therefore thy hair must be a rainbow. "
47 " I don’t want to subscribe to my sister’s kinky sex videos with her husband! "
48 " I wish people were nicer,” she says softly before yawning. Me fucking too. "
49 " He’s masculine and tough and someone who chooses to feed my needs first and his second. "
50 " He reaches me and hold the back of my head, his lips brushing my ear. ‘No restraints. One-hundred-and-fifty miles per hour. You and me, sweetheart. "
51 " I tuck a strand of my dyed blonde hair behind my ear. It’s waist-length and has a habit of being everywhere all the time. Like right now. I am pretty much swaddled in it. I empathize greatly with Rapunzel. She had it rough. "
52 " Do you feel better?” I ask her. She doesn’t seem as paranoid or f**king antsy.“When I talk to you, yeah, I do.”“Then call me. I told you I wouldn’t f**king mind if you did.”“I didn’t want to bother you…the time difference…”“I’ll answer your call if it’s at four in the morning or midnight, Dais. It’s just f**king hard for me to call you because I don’t know when you’re on the runway.”There’s a long drawn out pause, and I can tell she’s trying to find the right words. She settles on these: “Thanks, Ryke.” She says my name with this genuine, heartfelt affection. “I mean it.”“I know you do.”“I have to start heading over for hair and makeup. Call you later?”“I’ll answer.”For you, I always f**king will. "
53 " It’s what you do later that matters. Making mistakes and correcting them, that’s life. "
54 " A NOTE FROM RYKE My life is full of unconventionalities, abnormalities and awkward fucking situations. If you’re easily offended by crude language and inappropriate talks, you’ve taken a wrong fucking turn somewhere. You won’t understand me if you can’t handle me, and I’m not going to try to explain myself. I’m raw. I’m hard. I’m the thing you shy away from. So I’m warning you now. Back away. Because once you enter my life, I won’t ever let you leave. "
55 " I don’t understand why bad shit has to happen to people with good intentions. "
56 " We’re together,” he says pointblank. “I’m not going to be with anyone but you, even if no one else fucking knows that. We don’t date other people for show. They just think we’re single. "
57 " He’s taking care of me to a new degree. It makes me feel more than just loved. I feel like I’m truly his. "
58 " We chose this because nothing else felt right. Nothing else felt as good. Our greatest happiness has always been with each other. "
59 " I have this theory. Friends aren’t forever. They’re not even for a while. They come into your life and they leave when something or someone changes. Nothing grounds them to you. Not blood or loyalty. They’re just…fleeting. "
60 " Friends aren’t forever. "