Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1) QUOTES

21 " Sometimes when you break things, you can hold them together for a while with string or glue or tape. Sometimes, nothing will hold what's broken, and the pieces fly all over, and though you think you might be able to find them all again, one or two will always be missing "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

22 " Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

23 " It is such a secret place, the land of tears. That is what the narrator ofThe Little Prince says after the little prince argues with him the first time about matters of consequence. And he was right. My land of tears had been a secret for a very long time. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

24 " I closed my eyes against the sudden
sorrow that someone I knew so well should be someone who consistently brought me so much grief. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

25 " I've been hit on plenty of times, mostly by men with little finesse who thought what was between their legs made up for what they lacked between their ears. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

26 " When you find someone who makes you smile and

laugh, when you find someone who makes you feel safe…you shouldn’t let that person go just because you’re afraid. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

27 " Knowing what you need doesn't always mean you know how to get it, though. I'd spent a long time hiding in my cave. No matter how much I might want to come out into the light, I knew it would hurt my eyes. I was a fool. A fool, but nevertheless too smart not to know I was the architect of my own demise, that it was time to put my past behind me. It was time to stop allowing the white elephants to stand unspoken of in my living room. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

28 " He closed his hand around my wrist and pressed my hand flat against his chest. “The way I see it, Elle, scars are proof we can survive. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

29 " Sex makes bumble-tongued fools even out of the most eloquent, but the beauty of it is that it also tunes our ears to hear the meaning of words that, spoken under other circumstances, would make us laugh or cry or frown. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

30 " You've got the sexiest voice. You make everything you say sound like it tastes good coming out of your mouth. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

31 " You look like a goddess when you come, did you know that?"
"I'm not a goddess."
"Not a goddess. Not an angel. Not a devil. Are you a ghost? Because you can't be real."
"I'm real. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

32 " You look gorgeous, Elle, and you don't act like a gorgeous woman does."
"I don't? How do I act?"
"You act like an angel. But you fuck like a deomon. Don't you. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

33 " I never think of nothing. The closest I come to a blank mind is when I am counting, fucking, or drinking. The rest of the time, my thoughts are like a hamster on a wheel, running endlessly but getting nowhere. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

34 " What are you wearing?”

I looked down at my soft flannel pajamas. I’d washed them so many times the plaid pattern had faded mostly to grays and whites. “What do you want me to be wearing?”

Dan’s voice shifted a little. I imagined a smile. “Nothing.”
Such a small thing, that little bit of flirting, but all at once I felt as if air had rushed into my lungs, and I hadn’t realized I’d been holding my breath. “Nothing but a smile. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

35 " No, Dan.”

“And you want me to go.”

I looked into his eyes. “No. I don’t.”

He moved closer, encouraged, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Then what do you want, Elle?”

“I want you not to have to settle,” I told him.

“Is that what you think I’m doing?”

“I know that’s what you’ll be doing. Because if you want more from me, you’re not going to get it.”

He said nothing for a long time. “When I readThe Little Prince, I thought you must be the rose. You with your four thorns, convincing me you’re able to defend yourself. But now I know you hate roses. So you must be the fox instead.

So maybe what you really want is for me to tame you.”

From a lot of men, that speech would have made me laugh, or roll my eyes. Then again, a lot of men wouldn’t have

read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic story ofThe Little Prince, or bothered to try and understand it.

I reached for his hand and held it between both of mine. “The fox tells the Little Prince he is a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. Just like the flower was like a hundred thousand other flowers.”

Dan tucked a strand of hair behind my ear with the hand I wasn’t holding. “But the fox asked the prince to tame him.

To make it so they’d need each other and be unique to each other. And he did it.”

“And then the prince went away, Dan, and left the fox bereft.” I looked down at my hands, holding his.

“Would you be sad if I left you?” He asked me, and at first I wasn’t sure how I would reply.

At last the answer came on breath as tremulous as a breeze wafting curtains from an open window.

“Yes. I would.”

He squeezed my hand. “Then I won’t. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

36 " I won't say it's okay, because it's not. If you want to break up with me, Elle, then do it. But I'm not going to make it easy for you. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

37 " The way I see it, Elle. Scars are proof we can survive. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

38 " Still staring at the woman in the mirror, I hung up the phone. She looked as if she was going to cry. I felt bad for her, that woman with the dark hair, the one who only ever wore black and white. The one who might have been pretty if she'd only take care of herself, if only she weren't smarter, if only she didn't earn more money. I felt sorry for her but envied her, too, because she, at least, could cry and I could not. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

39 " Do you think he would?"
"I think he'd give his left nut to get in your pants."
"Very nice," I told him. "So elegantly put."
Dan laughed and leaned forward to nuzzle my neck again. "Yes, Elle, I think Jack would love to fuck you. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)

40 " So, you work with Marcy?” Wayne earned points for what appeared to be sincere interest.
“Yes. She’s in public accounting and I’m in corporate, but we both work for the same company.”
Wayne grinned. “Me, I’m in murders and executions.”
“Wayne!” Marcy rolled her eyes. “He means—”
“Mergers and acquisitions. I got it. "

― Megan Hart , Dirty (Dan and Elle, #1)