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“I stole a bit of a chopped vegetable and was about to put it in my mouth when Jae’s long fingers closed over my wrist. “What? You can’t eat this raw?”

“It’s bitter melon. You won’t like it.” He went into the fridge and came out with something that looked halfway familiar. “Here, leftover bao. There’s char siu inside.”

“The red pork stuff? Yeah, I like that. I thought it was Chinese.”

“It is. We also eat hamburgers and spaghetti.”
― Rhys Ford, Dirty Kiss

“It's like a bad joke over here: a black woman, a Filipino transvestite, and a Korean ex-stripper walk into a gay man‟s house. All that's missing is a priest and a talking dog.” - Bobby Dawson”
― Rhys Ford, Dirty Kiss

“Mike didn't look dangerous. I knew better. I'd grown up with him. The bump on my nose was testament to the hardness of his fists. The only thing that saved me was he'd stopped growing at five-nine while I'd kept going for a few more inches. It didn't make me more intimidating. My height just meant I had longer legs to run away with.”
― Rhys Ford, Dirty Kiss

“She was a small cat, barely five pounds of black chinchilla fur and fangs, but Pearl Harbor envied her air-raid vocalizations.”
― Rhys Ford, Dirty Secret

“His squirming turned to near seizures, and he swung his arms, smacking me across the cheek. Of course it was the hand with the brick. I saw stars and rolled over. If Rocket got shot at, maybe he could deflect it with his brick, like Wonder Woman.”
― Rhys Ford, Dirty Secret

“I taught my sons to be men. I don't care who they love. I care about how they act. The moment they stop having manners or treat someone poorly, then we'll have words. Other than that, I only want them to be happy, and if you make Kane happy, then all I have to say to ye is welcome to the family.”
― Rhys Ford, Sinner's Gin

“You should never play safe with your heart. It doesn’t get to grow if you don’t take it out. You break it. You give it away. And sometimes, you kind of hope someone gives it back to you—maybe wrapped up and taped but better because they held it for a little while.”
― Rhys Ford, Tequila Mockingbird

“Fucking hell. Shit, sorry. I keep swearing—” “If you’re calling that swearing, Mum will teach you to do it proper,” Riley drawled. “You’re not even close to what she taught me in kindergarten so I could shock the nuns.”
― Rhys Ford, Tequila Mockingbird

“Random fuckery is never random,”
― Rhys Ford, Tequila Mockingbird

“And sometimes I just hug him because I know it pisses him off, and he can’t say shite about it.”
― Rhys Ford, Tequila Mockingbird

“He’d never sat vigil for someone before—didn’t know what he was supposed to do other than wait. And lust for the man sitting by his side. As if Death weren’t enough to fight off, the world had to go and throw Desire into the fray as well.”
― Rhys Ford, Tequila Mockingbird

“You and Mama, both of you dress loud enough a blind man can feel you coming.”
― Rhys Ford, Murder and Mayhem