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1 " I want you to be my first. I want you to be my last. I want you to be all the in-betweens. I want you. Just you. Only you "
― Carian Cole , Torn (All Torn Up, #1)
2 " I'm just waiting for the one that makes me feel like forever wouldn't be long enough. "
3 " Lateness is a trait of disrespect and it gives the person waiting for you time to think about your other shortcomings. "
4 " When I look at you, I don't see my father's friend, or my uncle, or my godfather, or an older man. All I see is the person I've always loved and has always made me happy. That's it. I just see you. "
5 " A few stray leaves are floating along the surface, and I like how peaceful they look, not going under the water, and not blowing away either. Just floating, weightless and effortless. I want to be a leaf. "
6 " How can one little moment, one tiny touch, one quickening breath change so much? "
7 " Did you forget?" I ask playfully, leaning a little closer to him, his hand on my neck pulling me forward, gently coaxing me even closer. "You're the man I'm going to marry someday. "
8 " Something feels different. How can one little moment, one tiny touch, one quickening breath change so much? "
9 " Somewhere in hell Satan has just pulled out a bag of marshmallows and is roasting them in my honor. "
10 " My love, walk in the rain with me, kiss me in the misty fog. Let me hold you all night under the hush of the wind. I’m waiting for you, throwing pennies, making wishes. I’m wishing only for you, always for you. Come back to me. I'll fight for you, I’ll fight for us. Wish for me too and I’ll make it come true. I love you forever and longer. "
11 " Hello, Satan. I know you've been waiting patiently for me since the demise of the good and noble Uncle Tor. I have a feeling I'll be staying here a while. "
12 " I don't know," I admit. "I guess I'm just nervous about graduating and things changing. And I've had a shit week with the kids at school calling me a slutty prude." "Slutty prude?" He repeats. "How is that even a thing?" I throw my hands up. "I have no idea! Leave it to me to create some new form of loser. It's been total hell. "
13 " If coffee was a person, it would be my best friend. I "
14 " Tor: I've always loved how unconditionally you love me Ah. The power that words can hold is nothing short of amazing. They "
15 " I'm tired of the fight. I'm lonely. I want to play. "
16 " Her liking the feel and smell of cozy and dirty while she's wearing nothing but my shirt is not something I should be thinking about. But I do, for a quick second, before I bury it deep in that place in my chest with the other thoughts I don't let myself think about. "
17 " So much power hides in words, and once you speak them, you give them life, and you have to accept the truth that comes with them. "
18 " I'm not surprised when she reaches towards me and lifts my shirt, her eyes widening in appreciation as she takes in my abs. When you have lots of muscles and ink and hair that's longer than the norm, people think they can touch you. Pet you. Like it's okay. "
19 " I'm an uncle. And my two best friends are parents. And we're all fuckin' under sixteen. "
20 " Love is like an onion, with a lot of layers and a lot of tears before you get to the good part. "