Scrap Metal Quotes

“Maybe we walked past each other in the crowd.” “No.” “Why not?” “Because I wouldn’t have walked past you.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“You know how it is with ex-lovers—you like to look as if you’re doing okay. Just ordinary pride, not at all a desire to shove down their throats what they’re missing…”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“I’m not some kind of…hallowed ground, you know,” I whispered. “Not something special, or sacred, or—” “You are to me. Oh, God, Nichol, you are to me.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“The mug was so warm, and my hands so cold, that it didn't feel as if we belonged in the same universe.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“Maybe I was being stupid, but an old faith was stirring inside me, a willingness to lean on the tides of the universe instead of swimming desperately against them.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“Maybe that’s as good as it gets.” “Shit. I wish it had been better.” “Maybe it will be. We just live our lives, good ones. Pay that way.” He leaned into me and sobbed. “Nic, I love you. You saved my fucking soul.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“He was the heart of my world, my gravity, my sun. My life before him was a dream from which I’d joyously awoken. He turned this dusty cell into a prince’s chamber, hung it with satin and silks. I loved him.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“I don't know if it's a forever deal, a sheep farm in the middle of nowhere. But I want to try, for Harry's sake. And I love it all when you're here. It's like you made it new for me. You--you are my forever deal."
There it was again, that dangerous, beautiful word. In Gaelic, wilder and lovelier still. "A-chaoidh."
"Yes, forever, Nic. A-chaoidh.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal

“He folded into my arms. I buried my face in his hair, and I listened to the sounds of midsummer on my island. Gorse pods were crackling in the sun. When the wind shifted, I could hear the voice of the sea, woven through always with birdsong and mermaids.”
― Harper Fox, Scrap Metal