Pain in the Axe Quotes

“Why do you think I had my hoodie in my lap the whole time? Now be a good girl and let me eat.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“All I can look at is you,” I said. “And how fucking sexy you look carrying my baby.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“If you’re trying to scare me away, it’s not working.” I chuckled into her neck. “I’m obsessed with you and will continue to be so until the end of time.” I teased her inner thigh with my fingers.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“Oh yes. I’m going to put as many babies in you as I can, or at least, I’ll keep trying.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“I make an appointment with an ob-gyn. Confirm everything is good. And then I do what I always do, figure things out.” “Together,” I said firmly. “In fact, I should probably move in, keep an eye on you. Be on call for midnight pickle runs and to rub your swollen feet.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“Changing who we are as we learn more about ourselves and the world around us?”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“Life would be so boring if we had all the answers.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“I think I’m just realizing that I want more. A partner, a permanent home. A dog and kids and sneaking kisses between bath time and story time.” I gestured toward the lake,”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“I’m totally alone, and I have no clue how to fix all the parts of me that are broken.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“One toss of that hair and one whiff of your sweet but spicy scent, and my day is made. And God.” I clutched my heart. “When you shoot those eye daggers at me? I’ve never felt so alive.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“I’d been learning that we all needed to feel seen.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“It took years before I even let myself admit that I wanted that. I wanted to be a mother. To love unconditionally and completely.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“But with all the recent changes in my life, I was barely keeping my head above water.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“You can go now,” I said, lifting my chin and faking a level of confidence I didn’t feel. I did not like being alone with him, even in a room as large as this. It was too much, too intimate. His scrutiny was so intense it was palpable, and his glare alone was slowly breaking down the protective walls I’d spent decades building up.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“It took me years to put myself back together. Only some pieces had shifted to new places. Others had been hastily glued together, and still more were missing altogether. There was no getting back what he’d taken from me.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“But I was a bitch on a mission. Gus Hebert was my first love. I had given him everything—my innocence, my heart, and worst of all, my trust.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“Maybe he’d hyperventilate? Or pee his pants? A girl could dream…”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe

“the person grieving just got better at dragging it around with them every day.”
― Daphne Elliot, Pain in the Axe