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21 " Who says that? Who the hell uses the word ravishing? Douchebags—that’s who. "
― Emma Chase , Sustained (The Legal Briefs, #2)
22 " I wrap my arms around her and kiss her forehead with more tenderness than I ever knew I was capable of. "
23 " You should go out with your friends, Chelsea. Have fun.” No matter how much I hate the idea. “The kids and I will be fine. "
24 " dogs; a good coffeemaker is man’s real best friend. "
25 " The racket reverberates down the second staircase and spills out into the kitchen, and the two screeching, running kids who are making it do laps around the island like a fucked-up Hunger Games of ring-around-the-rosey. "
26 " avoid doctors like the bubonic plague. On some level I know it’s ignorant, but I think the stress of knowing you have a fatal disease kills faster than the disease itself. "
27 " to me how having a penis excuses you from the laws of gravity. "
28 " He accepted me for who I was, scabs and all. But he refused to accept that that was all I was. And when someone believes in you, goes out on a limb for you when they have no obligation to do shit—it has an impact. It made me want to look in the mirror and see the man he knew I could be. And "
29 " I’ve been arrested—spent time in lockup with genuinely dangerous guys. I’ve been in street fights without rules where no one was coming to break it up—and I’ve won. I’ve conquered the insurmountable challenge of earning a law degree and dealing with the self-centered jackasses who are my clients without committing aggravated assault. It’s a diaper. How hard could it be? I "
30 " Hanna and I have been spending way too much time together. The sex is stale and she’s starting to get clingy. "
31 " If sunshine took human form, like some Greek myth, she would be Presley Shaw. "
32 " A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight.” When "
33 " She turns to me. Gently, I wipe a tear from her cheek. “It’s because Matthew is an idiot. "
34 " Two choices. Sleep in the goddamn car, or end up unconscious in the hospital. I know which one I’d prefer.” And it’s not the car. He "
35 " Un caballero en armadura deslustrada sigue siendo un caballero. "
36 " I’m thirty.” The grumpy brow fails to intimidate. “Thirty!” Her hands go to her hips. “Do you have grandchildren? "