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Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1) QUOTES

Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1) QUOTES

1 " Don't try to retrace steps. We'll find new ones. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

2 " He put a hand on each of my cheeks to cool the burn. "All the beauty in the world can't help an ugly relationship," he said softly. Pulling his fingers down along the edge of my jawbone and lingering on my chin, he tilted it ever so slightly. "This…now this is pure beauty. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

3 " Our breath and movements flowed evenly, measured, in unison. He brought his torso up to meet mine as he heaved, hands grasping at my bra straps, my curls, anything tangible to keep him from floating into the ether. I witnessed his face speak a thousand words as his lips just uttered one: my name again. He was all at once demonic, blissful, tortured, humble and at peace. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

4 " It's one thing to ruminate, but another to enunciate. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

5 " We spent the next two hours holding each other, Adrian's fingers kneading his history across my skin. My vertebrae became pinpoints on the time line he lingered upon, as I kissed my questions along his shoulders and neck. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

6 " You've got this...this love-no, it's louder than love. It's passion and beauty built up inside you that deserves to burst out. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

7 " If we hurry you can make the 6:35."

"I'd rather kiss you and take the 6:55. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

8 " I guess I'm not a very spiritual person. I don't think things always 'happen for a reason,' everything must be 'God's way,' or (and this is one of Karen's favorites) 'He only gives you what you can handle.' I simply believe, and I'm sorry to sound crude about it, that shit happens. Period.

Sometimes you are the pigeon.
Sometimes you are the statue. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

9 " I have never loved like I love you. You've got to know this. My silly drunk girl. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

10 " You are the best thing to happen to me, bar none. You, Abbey...all of this. You both walked into my life and...I never knew what I wanted until you did. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

11 " I can't believe you quoted Shakespeare and the Doors in the same breath. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

12 " The pure rapture was apparent, although there were glimmers of what could only be described as an exorcism. He was simultaneously reaching for something yet trying to rid himself of it at the same time as he ran through a smooth and fast legato. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

13 " He fell next to me on the futon and curled his body against mine. “I have never been loved . . .” His words poured over me, warming every part, as I lazily kissed up the inky paws on his forearm and wrapped it around my shoulder. I heard his voice catch. “. . . like I have been loved by you,” he continued, his voice scratchy yet gentle, like a cat’s tongue, deliberate and patient, slicking over the same spot. “And I have never loved like I love you. You’ve got to know this. My silly drunk girl. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

14 " You are glorious chaos. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

15 " You’ve got all this. . . this love—no, it’s louder than love. It’s passion and beauty built up inside you that deserves to burst out,” I whispered against his mouth as we came up for air. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

16 " You are drunk.” “And you”—he popped two of the curiously strong mints into his mouth—“are beautiful.” “Jesus Christ.” “I’ll sober up soon . . . and hopefully, you will still be beautiful. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

17 " I have never been loved . . .” His words poured over me, warming every part, as I lazily kissed up the inky paws on his forearm and wrapped it around my shoulder. I heard his voice catch. “. . . like I have been loved by you,” he continued, his voice scratchy yet gentle, like a cat’s tongue, deliberate and patient, slicking over the same spot. “And I have never loved like I love you. "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

18 " What was the first thing that came to your mind when you met Tree?” She blew into her half-empty beer bottle and awaited his answer. It didn’t take him long. “That she was stunning . . . and one day I’d possess her heart.” The "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)

19 " as he "

― Jessica Topper , Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1)