Jessica Gadziala > Jessica's Quotes

“Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks…”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Jasper felt the sadness then. A strong sensation of being pulled underwater, of being helpless to do anything but sink. Further into the despair. Until it completely surrounded you. Until every breath you took was just swallowing more pain. Until you were in so deep that there wasn't any hope of ever breaking the surface again.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Into The Green

“Dying of tetanus might be preferable to spending any more time in your company...”
― Jessica Gadziala, Into The Green

“What?” Eric said, leaning closer and kissing her cheek. “Never had a man pay for dinner before?”
“I usually try to pay.”
“Of course you do,” he said, his tone somehow both teasing and kind.
“Well... society being what it is... when a man pays for a meal he generally expects more than a thank you.”
“Boys,” he said, his voice a bit disgusted. “expect more than a thank you. A man is just happy to spend a few hours in your company.”
― Jessica Gadziala

“I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it’s shameful or immodest but because I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to look at something that determines me so completely.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me!”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“The waking up was the worst. That slow, growing realization that you lived through it. That you were awake to go through it again. That your body was stronger than you thought. That there was so much more to be endured.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Dark Mysteries

“I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

“People change and forget to tell each other.”
― Lillian Hellman

“The perfection of that silent moment was somehow better than a million mouthfulls promising forever.”
― Jessica Gadziala, What The Heart Knows

“I leaned down, grabbing his face and pulling it to mine, letting myself kiss him with every failed hope, lost dream, every frustrated moment of low self-esteem, every hidden, dark, secret, shameful thing. I kissed him like therapy. Like I could pour it all into him and finally be free.”
― Jessica Gadziala, For a Good Time, Call...

“He had showed me some of his damage. And he was ashamed of that. Little did he know, I wasn't someone who could judge. So what if he had anger issues? I had ripping myself open issues. And alcohol issues. And daddy issues. And brother issues. And grandmother issues. I was the Long Island iced tea of damage: everything but iced tea included.”
― Jessica Gadziala, For a Good Time, Call...

“I could have accepted that. I would have taken any tiny scrap he fed to me. I would have made a fucking feast of it. But, no, he had chosen to starve me instead.”
― Jessica Gadziala, For a Good Time, Call...

“I hope one day, darling, that you will know the touch of a man who loves you. I pray you will know how wonderful that is. How rare and beautiful. How godly. Even if it isn't within the union of marriage. It isn't wrong. Nothing is more right.”
― Jessica Gadziala, For a Good Time, Call...

“And I guess, at the end of the day, when you fall in love with a bad boy, you can't really be mad when they end up doing bad things to you.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Stars Landing Deviant

“The grief that was so strong it shook like continental shifts, dividing what was now from what was, forcing me to acknowledge that I was going to have to build a life on foreign soil.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Stars Landing Deviant

“I browsed casually, lulled with the smell of novels: paper and glue and magic, mingled with the scent of freshly brewing coffee and the faintest trace of brownies. It was practically narcotic.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Stars Landing Deviant

“Every man was darlin' or honey or love. Every man was a sweet, sweet nothing.”
― Jessica Gadziala, For a Good Time, Call...

“I no longer needed to fuck her as hard as I hated myself.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Dissent

“Being inside her was like prayer. It was worship. It was the closest to God I had ever been.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Dissent

“I refuse to get any more scars from loving edges sharp enough to cut me.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Dissent

“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters

“But what was done was done. And she just had to move on from that. Avoid him whenever possible. When she did have to face him, she would make sure she kept a good three feet between them at all times. Or three yards. Or miles.”
― Jessica Gadziala, What The Heart Finds

“Hey, princess,” he called, making me stop on the bottom step of the porch. “I give it two weeks.” I shouldn't have turned around. I knew it was a bad idea. But I couldn't stop myself. “Two weeks for what?” He smiled, shaking his head and I knew I was in for it. “Until I fuck you up and down the road and through the floor.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Stars Landing Deviant

“Your daddy and me named you Otha. It means 'wealth'. You were your daddy's treasure from the time you were born until he died. He used to say there were rubies buried deep inside of you. Remember, baby, don't never let a man mine you for your riches. Don't let him take a pickax to that treasure in your soul. Remember, they can't get it until you give it to them.”
― Cynthia Bond, Ruby

“No, I'm not going to listen. I am going to take the rest of your clothes off and bury my face in your pussy until you are screaming so loud you forget all about being in this pissy ass mood.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Sex Surrogate

“I want pussy,” I said, looking down at her, “I go get some pussy. I don't stare at it through a fuckin' computer screen. I get my fingers and cock inside a real one. And maybe, if it's real sweet, I'll get my tongue in it too.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Monster

“Sometimes love didn't spring up on you in a moment of blinding clarity. Sometimes it crept up on you on a Tuesday night while you were standing at the sink doing dishes, the feeling settling into your soul in a way that made it too heavy to ignore anymore.”
― Jessica Gadziala, Monster

“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.”
― Lady Gaga