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“Penises!

Sweet Jesus.

Penises everywhere.

Horror slams into me as I register what I'm seeing. Oh God. I've stumbled onto a penis convention. Big penises and small penises and fat penises and penis-shaped penises. It doesn't matter which direction I move my head because everywhere I look I see penises.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Deal

“I’m not going to say it was love at first sight. No, it was more like oh, hell-yes-please, I’ll have that. With a helping of right-the-fuck-now on the side.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“There is one absolute truth. The sum of my existence equals you.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Friend Zone

“My life with Beh was beautiful, transcending everything that set us apart from each other.”
― Shay Savage, Transcendence

“Elizabeth."
I feel my smile on my face as I understand what she is doing. Though it's a strange one, she has a name-sound just like I do, and she's telling me what it is. I try to make the same sounds.
"Ehh..beh." I frown. Why is her name-sound so difficult and so long?
She frowns right back at me and says it again. "Elizabeth."
"Beh-tah-babaa."
She sighs and her forehead wrinkles.
"Elizabeth. Eeee-lizzzz-ahh-beth."
"Laahh...baaay."
She taps her chest again.
"Beth!"
The sound is shorter but still very odd.
"Beh-bet."
"Beth," she repeats.
I've had enough. I reach out and touch her should.
"Beh."
"Beth."
I tap her a little harder and growl.
"Beh", I repeat. I tap her again. "BEH!"
Her eyes widen a bit, and she inhales sharply. A moment later, her shoulders drop and she sighs.
"Beh," she says quietly.”
― Shay Savage, Transcendence

“She may be strange; she may not know how to make baskets, and she may be very noisy, but she is my mate, and I'm thrilled she is here.”
― Shay Savage, Transcendence

“I held you," she said, her voice was tense and gaining in volume. "I held you, and you cried, and you asked me why no one had ever wanted you. You asked me why your own mother didn't want you. You asked me why it hurt so much and if I could make it stop hurting. I may not know a lot about you, but I know you aren't as much of a badass as you want people to think you are.”
― Shay Savage, Surviving Raine

“I don't recall telling you I was anything other than a lunatic.”
― Shay Savage, Surviving Raine

“Once she got a grip on it, it was a death grip, and I would sooner go into her purse looking for Tic Tacs than try to get it away from her.”
― Shay Savage, Caged: Takedown Teague

“Life isn’t about how it ends; it’s about what you do while you’re alive.”
― Shay Savage, Alarm

“You've got a wonderful way with words, disgusting but wonderful.”
― L.H. Cosway, Painted Faces

“Cruelty is easy, and it breeds only misery. Kindness is harder, and you have to be brave to give it. To be cruel, you can stay closed off from everyone, wear a mask, but to be kind, in essence, to show love, you have to make yourself vulnerable, show your true self to someone and open yourself up to rejection.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Nature of Cruelty

“I love him because he makes me laugh when I don't feel like laughing. I love him because he challenges my view of what a man is. I love him because I know I shouldn't love him and that he'll break my heart. I love him because he's a complete and total anomaly. I love him because I want to kill the sadness inside him more than I want anything else in the world.”
― L.H. Cosway, Painted Faces

“A picture is just a picture, but add music and there's emotion. There's a story.”
― L.H. Cosway, Still Life with Strings

“To be a muse is to be a wonder in someone else's eyes, flaws and all.”
― L.H. Cosway, Still Life with Strings

“You have sex on the brain twenty-four seven Viv. I think you might need therapy."
"Perhaps I do. Don't get me wrong I'm no Russell Brand, but I do have quite an avid interest in shagging.”
― L.H. Cosway, Painted Faces

“We both know that mystery is better than the truth. So why not live with the magic? Be a kid again and believe in the fantastical. Life is more fun with a little smoke and mirrors.”
― L.H. Cosway, Six of Hearts

“Cruelty is seldom forgotten. You feel it as a child. Somebody takes away your toy or thoughtlessly kicks over your sand castle. A beautiful boy walks into your life, sees something he doesn’t like or doesn’t understand, and painstakingly endeavours to make you feel how much he hates you, to be constantly aware of the flaws that provoke that hatred. And then you grow older and wiser, but you don’t forget the cruelty. You can’t forget it, because there is nothing stronger, nothing more palpable in the human brain than the memory of mistreatment.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Nature of Cruelty

“Would it make you feel better to know that we all get the same number of hours in a day, days in a year? Some people might be rich and some might be poor, but none of them can buy time. It is one of the fairest systems in the world.”
― L.H. Cosway, Hearts of Fire

“Nicholas is gay, isn't he," she says, her voice dripping with dejection.

I shrug, again remembering his proposition from last night. "Not necessarily. The jury's still out. There's hope for a Christmas wedding yet," I tell her.”
― L.H. Cosway, Painted Faces

“Bollocks, bitches, and Battlestar Galactica,”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“For the ones whose childhood was stolen. No matter your age, it’s never too late to steal it back. Believe in the unbelievable, because this world we live in is magic.”
― L.H. Cosway, Six of Hearts

“OMG. WTF? BBQ!”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“I think that in the space between birth and death you can have one life, or you can have many. But in order to have many, you also need the strength to end the one that came before. And there lies the tricky part.”
― L.H. Cosway, King of Hearts

“I’m starting to think that we don’t fall for looks or gender in the end. We fall for the person as a whole. We fall for their souls.”
― L.H. Cosway, Six of Hearts

“I think I might have dreamt you.”
― L.H. Cosway, Still Life with Strings

“It was just an ordinary night. He didn’t think anything extraordinary would happen. Until it did. Turning a corner onto the bustling night time street, he saw her all in blue. The woman from his painting was a living, breathing thing… and she was so completely still.”
― L.H. Cosway, Still Life with Strings

“A-ha, but don’t you see, not caring about the money, only caring about winning, that’s a luxury. You come from money, so you have the luxury of only caring about your accomplishments.”
― L.H. Cosway, King of Hearts

“I once read that people who have imaginary friends never reach out to touch them. There’s some part of their brain that subconsciously knows it will break the spell. That’s what it feels like with Jay.”
― L.H. Cosway, Six of Hearts

“I could lose the run of myself inside a woman like you, Alexis.” He paused before muttering under his breath, almost absently, “And I fear if I made you my queen, I could no longer be a king.”
― L.H. Cosway, King of Hearts