Permission (The Perversion Trilogy Book 3)

by T.M. Frazier

“Isn’t it always the ones we love who we hurt the most?”

“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”

“You’ve let the past consume you while I won’t let it define who I am.”

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu

“Whenever I would feel alone, I’d look to the sky and search for airplane trails. It was a reminder that I wasn’t alone in the world. There are other people out there, some with even more troubles than my own, some passing right over my head every single day.”

“Because this isn’t the place for you. Because you deserve more than having to worry about your life. More than what I can give you. Go. Live for fuck’s sake. If not for you, then for me. I won’t be able to live with myself, knowing you’re settling for something when you don’t know what else is waiting for you out there.”

“I’m bruised and broken. I’m battered and battle-worn. This is who I am. You won’t hurt me. I want you to take me. Just as I am.” A tear rolls down my cheek.

The day has come when it’s all finally coming true. We’re getting out of this town. We’re going to stop surviving and start actually living.”

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

“Because true love cannot be separated by time or space.”

I noticed over the last several months, that when talking to me or Gabby, or my mother, Callum, even when angry or upset, always ends his sentences with an endearment. A cushion to the blow. A reminder that he can be both upset and still love.

Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move mountains.”

“Have a little faith in me, Trick’s. I’m a monster, but you gave me a heart, and I’m giving it back. To both of you.

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“I love you, Imogen Parish Egan Paine. I’m your possession as much as you are mine. I belong to you. My love. My life. My honor. My loyalty. For always.”

Being someone’s possession makes you nothing. Giving yourself to someone completely makes you everything. And that’s what we do. What we’ll always do. Give ourselves to one another completely. With love, passion, and permission.

“Yours. You planted this love thing inside me and now it’s grown out of control. I need more people to give it to before I explode.”