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1 " Men say they love a strong woman, right up until they meet one. "
― J.T. Geissinger , Carnal Urges (Queens & Monsters, #2)
2 " I throw my hands in the air. “I’m not invincible!” “So that deal you made with the devil for the power to kill with run-on sentences didn’t include immortality? "
3 " Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. "
4 " Wait. I forgot. She’s not a woman. She’s a raging banshee who eats men’s sanity for supper. "
5 " Because she’s indestructible, like Styrofoam peanuts. "
6 " Take a deep breath and remember who the fuck you are. "
7 " I should’ve known. The hotter a man is, the faster you should run away from him. A beautiful man is a bottomless pit your self-worth can disappear into and never be seen again. "
8 " I keep telling you this, gangster. I'm charming. By the time this is all over, you'll be head over heels in love with me. "
9 " But I'll still be trying to scrub your face and your taste and your sweet voice from my mind fifty years from now, because I already know nothing else will ever be able to compare to you. Nothing and no one will ever come close. "
10 " Shaking my head, I say, “I feel sorry for his mother. She should’ve swallowed instead. "
11 " As it turns out, that was the exact wrong thing to say. He regards me with entire cities burning to the ground in his eyes. "
12 " Then he says gruffly, “Please don’t freeze me out. Be angry all you want, but don’t shut down on me. I need you right now. I won’t be able to think straight if you don’t communicate with me. "
13 " I watch him go through the preflight checks with a deep sense of awe. I thought he was pretty macho before, but this… Well, this wins the macho war. My ovaries are screaming in glee like a bunch of playground kids on sugar highs. "
14 " Yes. The principle. I only have a few of them, but they’re airtight. One is that I don’t cause other people’s suffering if I can help it. Another is that I own my shit. I don’t blame anyone else but me for what goes wrong in my life. "
15 " Tell me what you’re thinking, baby.” “I’m thinking we’re a couple of lunatics.” That makes him chuckle. “Aye. But my crazy matches your crazy. That’s why it works. "
16 " Wrong. Trust is a decision. You can make it between breaths. "
17 " He has no idea what’s happening. Honestly, there’s nothing more adorable than a befuddled man. Especially when they’re huge and armed. "
18 " I’m sorry I said that thing about burying the knife in your skull. I didn’t mean it.” “You did.” “Okay, that’s true. But I would’ve regretted it if I did. I would’ve cried really hard at your funeral. "
19 " If I was never knocked down, I’d never have discovered the strength it took to stand back up. And to keep getting up after every future kick, knowing that I could. "
20 " And who are you?” “The only one of me who ever has been or ever will be. Same as you. In a word: irreplaceable. "