Joy > Joy's Quotes

“I hate you," he whispered.
"I hate everything about you. Your eyes. Your lips. Your smile." His words grazed her skin when he said, softly, "I find your presence insufferable.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads

“You know, you’re the first guy I’ve been with in my room.”
“First and last, Red.”
“Possessive much?”
“Damn right I am. I don’t like sharing.”
“Sharing is a virtue, Josh.”
“I don’t give a flying fuck. I don’t share. Not when it comes to you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“You need someone to bend you over and fuck that attitude right out of you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“No falling in love.”
I scoffed. “Red, you’ll fall in love with me before I ever fall in love with you.” The mere idea was absurd.
Jules was the most difficult woman I’d ever encountered. God help whichever poor bastard ended up falling for her.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“Mine. Mine. Mine.
Up until this moment, Asher had been one of my sports idols, but I wanted to gouge his fucking eyes out for looking at her like that. Like she could possibly be his when she so clearly, irrevocably belonged to me.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“You’re one of the few people I trust...even when we couldn’t stand each other, I could always count on you to be honest with me.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“I haven’t seen you with anyone lately. What happened, Joshy? Ran out of women who’ll fall for your bullshit?”
“It’s a choice, Red. I can get any girl I want at any time.”
“False. You can’t get me.”
“I haven’t tried.”
We stared at each other, our implied challenge hanging thick in the air.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“Jules: How’s the bro date going? Should I be worried?

Me: TBD. Alex knows how to treat a guy right, but you’re prettier

Jules: Are you saying I don’t know how to treat you right??

Me: You spend half your time insulting me, Red

Jules: It’s not my fault you’re a masochist”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“Sometimes, people change. And sometimes, they meet people who make them want to change.”

“And sometimes, people sound like a human fortune cookie.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“I poked at the cupcake with suspicion. “Did you poison it?” There was a difference between being civil and buying someone their favorite cupcake unprompted.
“Nah, I was in a rush. Maybe next time.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“I pointed at him. “If I die, I'm haunting your ass for eternity.”
Josh placed a hand over his heart, a scandalized expression spreading across his face. Any hints of the earlier brooding had disappeared. “JR, I'm shocked. There are children around. Try to keep your obsession with my ass under wraps until we return to our room.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“Hey, Red.” Josh looked me over, his eyes heating. “Nice to see you looking presentable for once.”
“Nice to see you looking human for once.” I gave him an equally deliberate once-over. “How much did you pay for the skin suit to cover up your devil's horns and reptile skin?”
“It was free. I'm just that charming,” he drawled.
“I think the seller was just scared you'll suffocate him with your giant ego if you didn't leave soon.”
His laugh rolled through me like molten caramel, rich and sweet. “I fucking missed you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“This is a work event, so apologize, walk away, and we’ll leave it at that. But disrespect Jules again, and I’ll put you in the emergency room myself.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“After twenty-nine years on earth, I thought I’d experienced every type of sex possible.
Until Jules.
I didn’t even know what to call what we did. Sex seemed too bland and generic a description. It’d been something rawer, more primal.
…
Jules had unlocked a darker version of me than I thought myself capable of, and now that it was out, I wasn’t sure I could ever put it back in.
It should’ve been terrifying, but it was liberating. The greatest high I’d ever experienced.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“I don’t know what you did to me, Red. But somehow, I went from wanting to kill you… to willing to kill for you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“Because you’re it for me. Whether it’s today, tomorrow, a year, or decades from now, that’ll never change.” Josh’s lips brushed against my skin before he pulled back, his face taut with emotion. “I’m human, Red. I’ve made mistakes in the past, and I’ll make many more in the future. But one mistake I’ll never make is letting you go, not when there’s even a sliver of a chance left for us. Because the possibility of you is better than the reality of anyone else.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“Hey, Red.” I greeted her with a cocky grin. “Can’t stay away from me, huh? Don’t blame you.” I gestured at myself. “Look at all this.”

I was still shirtless from the shower, and I didn’t want to brag or anything, but my abs were a fucking work of art.

“If I knew you had company, I would’ve waited,” she said dryly. She was carrying a large portfolio bag, which was strange, since she didn’t draw. Maybe she went shopping earlier. “Wouldn’t want to interrupt your weekly lovefest with your ego.”

“Daily,” I corrected. “Self-love is critical to maintaining one’s self-esteem. But you’re hot, so you’re allowed to interrupt.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Hate

“I’ve wanted you since the moment I laid eyes on you, Goldfinch. I was just waiting for you to catch up.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You’re not the villain in my story.” “I am,” he says without remorse, his sharp jaw tight with tension. “But I’ll be the villain for you. Not to you.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“Love happens in all kinds of ways. Fast. Slow. In bits and pieces, or immediate. Filled with lust, one-sided longing, a snap realization never noticed before. Deeply. Thoroughly. Love is a whisper we didn’t hear or a sound that drums in our ears and drowns out everything else.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You can’t cut off the strings of your puppet and still expect it to move for you.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“But that's the curse of the survivors. We have to live with our dead.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“But I'll be the villain for you. Not to you.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“He may wear the crown, but I was the one who made it gold.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“Though, it seems to me that trying and failing is better than giving up.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You're going to find out just how far you can be pushed until you're tipped over. And when that happens, when you find your edge, just promise me one things. Don't fall. Fly." - King Slade Ravinger”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You see a commander from another kingdom’s army coming toward your king’s favored, and your instinct is to back the fuck up?” he seethes.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“... You can't reason with feelings. They do what they want, forcing you to endure.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“because there it is. The ugly truth that he never wanted me to know: that power doesn’t just come from magic. It comes from your own grit. And I have both.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“The blindfold has been ripped from my sight. Now, my heart doesn’t squeeze. My stomach doesn’t flutter. He broke something inside of me far more than just my heart. He broke my will. My drive. My voice. He broke down my very spirit, and I let him.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam