Dance With Me Quotes

“It was a full Spears album, apparently, and each song was as ridiculous as the one before. They were catchy, yes, but so was the plague.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“He wondered if this, more than guilt, was what had been holding him back. It wasn't that he was punishing himself as much as it was that he didn't really want anything anymore. But was that true? Did he really not want anything? What did he want to do? What did he want, period?”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“Why do you stay with me?" he whispered. He wished he hadn't said it once the words were out of of his mouth, wished he could pull them back, but Laurie didn't seem fazed at all. In fact, he just smiled a crooked smile and kissed him again. "Because I don't want to dance by myself," he whispered.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“Absolutely no slouching, Ed. You're the frame. You're the stem to my flower. Quit giving me crooked pictures and wilted flowers.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“But what I am done with is waiting for when things are better. I’m done waiting for the pain to be all gone. I’m done trying to keep it at bay.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“[His pain] wasn’t a punishment. It wasn’t a gift. It just was. His pain was his life. It wasn’t all his life was, not always.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“After several minutes, Ed said, his voice raspy and spent, "You okay, Laur?"
Laurie, his bones melted, his muscles slack, his heart pounding like a happy caged beast against the wall of his chest, his backside throbbing and still half-full of Ed, let out his breath. With great effort, he nodded.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“you’re insane.” “Crazy for you, baby,” Ed whispered at his ear.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me

“This was something he'd done a great deal of when he was very young, so young the memory was washed to sepia with age.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Dance With Me