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Natalie, I promise you, I am not a better man. Because I want to do a million sinful things to you.
An extremely attractive man whose kiss had set my very bones on fire.
“Don’t worry, right now, you’re the safest woman in the city,” he whispers against my skin, setting me ablaze. “You’re with me.”
you are always going to wonder if you’re doing the right thing, or enough of the right thing. It’s normal. It’s the only indication that you ARE doing the right thing.”
“What you’re talking about is regret. And no, regret is harder.”
“The only parallel to the darkness we deal in, is a light bright enough to guide you home, no matter how lost you may feel.
“My dear, pleasure doesn’t always have to be an even exchange, it’s not a currency. It’s a gift you share. And sometimes it’s enough to just make someone else feel good.”
“Don’t judge a painting while the artist is still holding the brush…or you might miss out on something beautiful altogether.”
Few moments in my life were such that I knew instantly they would stick with me forever: The day my daughter was born. The moment my father died. And the first dance I shared with Natalie Tyler.
“I have already told you, I am not a good man, Natalie. I am a hard man, and I live in a hard world…and I like to fuck hard.”
“All I can tell you is that real love is rare, and that once you find something that sets your soul on fire…you’ll never be the same.”
“Baby girl, I know full well I don’t deserve you. But, if you let me, I will worship you.”
“Well, your first mistake is assuming that it was ever about reading the book in the first place,” I hear her say softly. “Instead, it is about losing yourself in another world altogether.”
“You are right, you can read a book anywhere. But there is something truly spectacular about finding a quiet, tranquil place where you can be undisturbed—and just escaping into a book for a few hours.”
“The truth is your body will age and fail, but your imagination will stay young forever. Books are just sustenance for the soul.”
