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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Once I fucked you, it would be all over for me. I had to have a guarantee I could get you back. Christ, Blue, the first time I saw you, I wanted to throw you over the couch and fuck you."

Blue flushed but smiled a little. "So why didn't you?"

"Common decency."

"Highly overrated.”
― S.E. Jakes, Free Falling

“Way I figure it, if I'm forced to have a partner, might as well have one with benefits. If you're annoying me, fucking you will be more satisfying than punching you." Prophet grinned, then added slyly, "And I could punch you afterwards.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“I'm Prophet."

"Seriously?"

"Why? What's your name--Jesus?”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“You’ll end up with a man whose name starts with E. And he’ll rip through your life like a tornado. Then again, a tornado can handle a volcano.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“What would you do?"

"Is this one of those morality questions? Cause I got Unsatisfactory on my last few official psych evals when I answered the so-called morality questions.”
― S.E. Jakes, Free Falling

“You don’t have to flirt, T. I’m not a chick.”

“That mean I don’t have to buy you dinner afterward?”

“No, I definitely want dinner.” Prophet paused. “Maybe I am a chick.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“Need help washing other places?”

“Yeah. I’m really dirty.”

“I can’t believe you said that with a straight face.”

“I can’t believe you’ll do it anyway.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“You planted a bug on me?”

“Yes.”

“And you don’t think that was wrong?”

“I don’t care.”

Prophet blinked. “Fuck. That’s something I’d say.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“His wrists ached. When they stopped hurting, it would mean the storm had definitely arrived, because when the pressure was high, there wasn’t any pain.
Just massive destruction—a typical metaphor for his life.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“You stole his truck?”
“Borrowed,” Prophet corrected. “Remy thought of it when I took him home.”
“Did you just blame a fifteen-year-old kid for why you stole—”
“—borrowed—”
“—a truck?”
Prophet shrugged. “Little bit.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“What did he say about me?” Tom demanded.
“You don’t want to know.”
“You’re right.”
“Told you,” Prophet said, looking quite pleased with himself. “Don’t say I never tell you anything.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“In the dark, Dave reached for Roger's hand as they watched the shadowed lovemaking. "Were we ever that beautiful?"

"You still are," Roger told him.

"Maybe we should make the most of the hurricane."

"This is definitely foreplay."

"It's like Tumblr, the live version.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Needing someone this much couldn’t be fucking normal”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“You are so fucking good for me and so fucking bad for me at the same time."

"It's not good if you don't have the mix of both.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Are we just going to keep having sex so we can avoid talking about what we need to talk about?"

Prophet pulled back and looked between Tom's legs.

"What?"

"Just checking to make sure you still have a dick."

"Same one that fucked you through the wall while you begged for it," Tom pointed out, and Prophet eyes grew heavy lidded with lust again. "You're so easy, Proph."

"For you.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“You're doing it wrong."

"Son, I've got a gun to your chest and you're telling me that I'm doing it wrong?"

"Yes"

"How?"

"Closer isn't better." He disarmed her with a swift motion, then offered the weapon back to her. "Further away you are, the less unpredictable I can be."

Della's eyes had opened wide with surprise, but she recovered fast. Took the shotgun back and said, "Okay. Knock again so we can start over.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Were we ever that beautiful?”
“You still are,” Roger told him. “Maybe we should make the most of the hurricane.”
“This was definitely foreplay.”
“It’s like Tumblr, the live version.”
Dave chuckled. “True. But I did not see it coming.”
“Maybe hurricanes affect gaydar?”
“How much did you have to drink?”
“Enough to pretend we can still have sex like that.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“(Derek) “How do you see the beauty in a three-eared dog but not in a guy with big teeth?”

(Christy) “Dogs rule. People drool.”

(Derek) “Only if you gag them.”
― Lisa Henry, The Good Boy

“Tell me,
what is it you plan to do
with your one
wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“I have a black belt in sarcasm, and my wit is like lightning.”
― N.R. Walker, Sense of Place

“Jesus had two Dads and he turned out okay.”
― River Jaymes, The Backup Boyfriend

“I am happy to pay you," she announced. "For your services."

A harsh, strangled sound cut through the room. It came from him. "Pay me."

She nodded. "Would say, twenty-five pounds do?"

"No."

Her brows knit together. "Of course, a person of your--prowess--is worth more. I apologize for the offense. Fifty? I'm afraid I can't go much higher. It's quite a bit of money.”
― Sarah MacLean, One Good Earl Deserves a Lover

“I suppose I shall start from the beginning. It appears that I'm utterly lacking in the knowledge of the basics. I mean, I understand dogs and horses and such, but humans...well, they're different. And so..." She paused, then rushed forward, the words pouring out of her. "I wonder if you could explain the use of the tongue.”
― Sarah MacLean, One Good Earl Deserves a Lover

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul