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1 " In the vast void, her kiss tells me I’m not alone. She touches her tongue to mine, and a groan slips out. I think it comes from me. I’m dizzy and breathless and full of strange emotions that I can’t make sense of and don’t want to. I know the gist. I’m happy. This is a high I’ve never been able to achieve through pills or booze or other people. "
― Erin Watt , Fallen Heir (The Royals, #4)
2 " Look at you with the fancy Latin. Sure then, come and watch me lift. I get it—you want to see me without my shirt on. You know what? Let me give you a sneak peek. It’s awesome, by the way. You might want to close one eye to reduce the effect. "
3 " I feel like I’m cracking open my chest and letting her see inside. It’s not pretty there, but I don’t want to let her go. "
4 " I’m Easton Royal, superficial and only interested in how to have a good time.I don’t want to look deep into my being and see the bottomless, black, boring pool of nothingness. I want to live in blissful denial. "
5 " Funny how the quiet can be deafening. What’d she say before? In the quiet, you can hear the heart beat? You can also hear it break "
6 " I get it – you want to see me without my shirt on. You know what? Let me give you a sneak peek. It’s awesome, by the way. You might want to close one eye to reduce the effect. "
7 " When she’s scared and hurt, she lashes out. Someone less stubborn than me would’ve left by now. But that’s why she’s alone—because she doesn’t have anyone in her life willing to stick it out with her. "
8 " I’m the design flaw in the Royal family, the one who isn’t quite like the others, the one who crashes and burns more often than not. "
9 " I might be small, but I have the lung capacity of a whale, so if you don’t move I’m gonna have to release the oral Kraken until the entire school is in this hallway rescuing me from you.”I crack up. “The oral Kraken? That sounds pretty dirty.”“I’m thinking everything sounds dirty to you,” she says dryly. "
10 " I don’t know why I latched onto the idea of being friends, but it sits right with my gut. I want Hartley in my life and if being friends is the way that happens, then friendship is what we’ll have.It’s different, but maybe that’s not a bad thing. "
11 " And, I, Easton Royal, am bound by the laws of the universe to pursue all things interesting. "
12 " When she’s scared and hurt, she lashes out. Someone less stubborn than me would’ve left by now. But that’s why she’s alone—because she doesn’t have anyone in her life willing to stick it out with her. I know what it’s like to be alone. I know what it’s like to want and not have. I don’t want Hartley to feel that way. Not anymore. Not while I’m around. "
13 " We’re southerners, for chrissake. You’re invited inside and insulted over a glass of sweet tea and a slice of cake. Doors are not slammed in your face. "
14 " Coach tells me that if I don’t fucking wake up he’s gonna make me do fucking suicides until I’m fucking puking all over the fucking turf. "