Earned It Quotes

“I'm not letting you go until you've earned it.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Ellie Wasserman: Raging Man-Hating Rhymes-with-Witch."
"But that's so wrong," Ellie said indignantly. "I'm not a misandrist. I was just trying to get my work done. Isn't that what you pay me for?"
Tad pressed his forehead into his palms. "I take your point, Ellie, but the last time I checked, having a public temper tantrum wasn't in your job description. I'm surprised, and I'm disappointed."
The last word was like a needle, and Ellie instantly deflated.”
― Sarah Chamberlain, The Slowest Burn

“Our fathers knew us as weak little boys. Now at twenty-six, the world knows us as Titan, Bones, Cross, and Grave. Each one of us earned our nickname at different times in our life for various reasons. None of them good. People bow to us because we fucking earned it, not because our fathers gave it to us. We’re nothing like them. We’re worse. We just choose not to hide who we are. No, we parade it around Las Vegas in broad daylight.”
― Shantel Tessier, Cross