Contractually Yours (The Lasker Brothers, #4)

by Nadia Lee

“My policy is never explain, never complain. Just makes things worse.”

“One must have enough panache to dominate one’s wardrobe.”

“Only the people who are close enough to stick a knife in your back can betray you.”

The truth will set you free. That’s a lie. The truth is jagged shards of glass you breathe in, shards that shred you until you think you’ll never recover.

People are entitled to relax after life deals them a horrible defeat. When it lands three powerful punches back to back, it’s a sign you should stay down until you figure out what you want to do.

there’s no love like the love a man and a woman have for each other and the life they’ve created together—civilizations rose and fell for that love.”

it’s about what’s to come. There’s a peculiar kind of relief that you get after a violent storm,”

“Wouldn’t a violent storm leave destruction behind?” “Probably. But the air is clearer. And whoever is still alive has gained a little bit of confidence that they can survive something else like it in the future.” “So if another one comes…” “They ride it out.”

“All’s fair in love and war. And this is love.”