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21 " I wasn’t pretending with you, Lennon.” Turning, he holds my gaze. “And yeah, I’ve fucked a lot of women.” His expression turns pained and his voice drops to a whisper. “Because after things ended between us, I knew I lost you for good. "
― Ashley Jade , The Words
22 " And he only has himself to blame. "
23 " I’m not Willy Wonka, so I don’t sugarcoat shit. “You’re pushing fifty, Dad. "
24 " but drinking won’t make the demons he’s trying to drown out disappear. It will only create new ones. "
25 " Short, brunette, brown eyes, bad eyesight, ordinary looks…and stuck somewhere between chubby and obese. "
26 " Thank you, dear, but cheese gives me the Hershey squirts. "
27 " Mistakes don’t define who someone is, Phoenix. It’s what you do after that does. "
28 " The world thinks I’m a god…but I’m in hell. "
29 " George chases after me. “What are you doing after the show?” Seriously? Focus, grasshopper. We have a lead singer to find. "
30 " The second he rises up on his knees, I spring up, gripping his shirt. “You have one minute to put your dick in my mouth or I’m leaving. "
31 " I eat so much because I’m trying to fill a void. Because it gives me a false sense of happiness…even though it always turns to shame afterward. "
32 " His teeth graze my ear. “Nah. You want to come, you’re gonna do it on my fucking cock. "
33 " When you fall off a building, all your bones break. But when you fall in love? It’s your heart that breaks. "
34 " They say when you play with fire, you get burned. But when you love it? You get destroyed. "
35 " Jesus. This isn’t the Phoenix I know. Correction—the Phoenix I thought I knew, because it turns out I didn’t back then, either. "
36 " The sun can’t shine when it gets too dark. I drop a kiss to her shoulder blade. But the moon can. Which is what Lennon is for me. My only source of light when everything turns black. "
37 " But love alone isn’t enough, it needs something else—something essential—in order to thrive and get you through all the fucked-up tests life throws at a relationship. "
38 " Because I’d rather be miserable with her than happy with anyone else. "
39 " Because I can’t be whole until Lennon is again. When she breaks…I break. Even when I’m the one responsible for it. "
40 " Yes?” he grits through his teeth. "