Bully (Fall Away, #1)

by Penelope Douglas

respect your elders, take care of your body, finish what you start, and solve your own problems.

Being a bitch could be a survival technique. They get respect. There was no honor in people thinking you were a slut.

“She can be my North.”

“You were my tempest, my thunder cloud, my tree in the downpour. I loved all of those things, and I loved you. But now? You’re a fucking drought. I thought that all the assholes drove German cars, but it turns out that pricks in Mustangs can still leave scars.”

We can be confused about what is good for us but not about what we truly want.

“I want to touch you.” His words were against my lips now. “I want to feel what’s mine. What’s always been mine.”

Yesterday lasts forever. Tomorrow comes never. Until you.

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” -Mother Theresa

“I love you more than myself, more than my own family, for Christ’s sake. I don’t want to take another step in this world without you next to me,” he said softly.

I used to love people. I loved being a part of things and socializing. Now, I only wanted to be alone. Because alone was the only way I felt safe.

“Tate, you’re mine, and I’m yours. Every day you’re going to realize that more and more. When you believe it without a doubt, then I’ll have earned your trust.”