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“What? You asked. He’s that kind of guy that you know would get down and dirty with you in a public bathroom.”
“Doc?” I looked behind me. “Think about it.” “Think about what?” He grinned. “Me. Naked. I’ve got tattoos you haven’t even seen yet.” “You’re incorrigible.” He reached for my yogurt. “You’re already thinking about it. I know it.”
I laughed. “I wouldn’t have known what to do with a guy like you back in high school.” “Darlin’,” he drawled. “You don’t know what to do with a man like me now.” No truer statement had been uttered between us.
“There’s never enough time when you find the person you’re supposed to be with. So, if you have a shot in hell of finding someone real, someone meaningful, someone that gets inside of you and lights you up, then embrace it. And who fucking cares how it looks. You get one life, Linden. Don’t waste it.”
“Because they want an obscene amount of control over your life. They want you to look a certain way, act a certain way, date certain people. I already grew up in that kind of life. I wasn’t about to subject myself to that again just as I had my first taste of freedom.”
“We’re all broken in some way. If you’re lucky, you might find someone whose broken pieces fit with yours.”
You have to take risks, because if you don’t, then you’ll wake up at the end of your life full of regrets, and a head full of dreams never lived, and that’s a lot worse than dying.”
“I’m gonna tell you a secret. I’m not going anywhere, Linden. You want to push me away, go ahead. Try. I’ll still be here when you’re done pushing.”
“Boxer. He loves you. He’d kill for you. Remember that when you talk to him.”
“I’m not the same person that I was. He took so much from me, Boxer.” “Are you afraid I won’t love you?” I flinched. “I love you. Any and all parts of you. I love who you were, and I love who you are now.” “I don’t know who that is.”
“Regrets are a waste of time, aren’t they?” “Damn right they are,” he agreed. I exhaled slowly and then nodded. “Would you kill him for me? If I asked?” “Without hesitation. Say the word and I’ll be the one to put a bullet in his head.” “Mia said you’d kill for me because you love me.” “I would kill for you. And I do love you.” “I don’t know if that’s enough,” I admitted quietly. His expression was bleak. “It’s all I’ve got.”
“To remind you that sometimes life is shit, but shit is just manure, and beautiful things can grow in manure.”
