Birds of a Feather Quotes

“And maybe I’m sick of people simplifying it. ‘You’ve got to try to move on.’ ‘It’ll get better with time.’ I don’t think anyone knows what the fuck they’re asking of someone when they preach that bullshit. I lived for her. My heart beat for her. There is no moving on from that.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“The thing is”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Only to realize people always present the version of themselves they want others to see, even and sometimes especially to the people they’re closest to. That fucked me up in a way I can’t describe.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“It was in the days after that I realized just how deluded I was in thinking I knew the people closest to me.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“do”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Lift your eyes to me, son.” I do, and see nothing but the unconditional love I’ve felt my whole life as she covers my ticking jaw with both palms. “As long as I breathe, you’ll never be a lost cause to me. I can be disappointed, but will never, ever believe you lost to me. Take it from the woman who’s benefited most from the abundance of love you have to give. You’re a lot of things, but far from the failure you feel like right now. You’re human, and sadly, humans don’t get to snap their fingers and fix themselves. That’s not how our asshole minds work, and you know it. Which means you have to do the work.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“I’ve seen weapons of mass destruction, knives that can sever flesh and penetrate bone, and bullets that can rip through the strongest armor, but the most destructive thing on this earth I have ever witnessed the aftermath of is—love. Whether it’s ignored, abused, withheld, or completely reciprocal, it’s the most lethal thing on earth when wielded as a weapon.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“But no man that needs a second mommy will ever fucking appeal to me. I can and will find this connection with a man who can see me past my name. Who knows my fucking worth and values my word. I want that one day. I want to build a life with a man who feels more powerful for giving it back to me.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“You’re worth it,” I tell her. “I’ve been searching high and low for you since I withered away in that field the day I lost my wife. I’ve walked a million steps as a soldier”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“But that’s all life is, a collection of moments, some awkward, many uncomfortable, some healing, some tethering, some altering in a way you’re never the same. But it’s the knowledge that my favorite moment with Larissa hasn’t even happened—or had a chance to—because I lost all faith. Purposefully stopping any more collection of moments altogether because of it.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Now look into the eyes of the man you claimed the minute you walked into his life, and take what’s yours.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Earlier”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Jesus fuck,” he grumbles”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Fire in my heart, love flooding my veins, fog lifted, I release the last of the pain and anger for the future I lost to embrace the life gifted to me. The miracle given in vision from a different love, in a different life, which releases me to ‘win again.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Please, baby. Free me, please say you’re mine. It’s real, we are real,” he murmurs”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Sei il mio miracolo. Ti amo, Larissa DiCicco, con tutto me stesso.” You’re my miracle. I love you, Larissa DiCicco, with all that I am.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“It’s so fucking clear to me now that she’s playing to win. Sadly for her”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Everything’s a choice. People who act on their desires”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Make me understand why you would be foolish enough to come here and die.” “You’re worth it,” I tell her. “I’ve been searching high and low for you since I withered away in that field the day I lost my wife. I’ve walked a million steps as a soldier, so few as a man, but for you I’ll walk my last as a man because you restored my faith by loving the worst in me.” I slap my tears away as she stares down at me,”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“If you don’t hear another word I say, know that you saved me by keeping our babies.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Thank God I’m not that normal girl, that this was all hypothetical. We played a good game, don’t you think? End it,” I snap.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“But you never wanted to, and never did, and it’s all hypothetical, right? We played a good game, don’t you think? Shall we end it, Marine?”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Want to play?” His tone sends a chill up my spine just before he kicks the lantern and it pops out with a spark, leaving us in the pitch black. “Then, by all means, Larissa. Let’s. Fucking. Play.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Just don’t go fucking and falling in love with your greatest adversary’s daughter”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“ATTACK HIM WHERE he is unprepared”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“The worst part? My dwindling desire to risk it all for a world that collectively seems to no longer give a fuck. Not about the damage they’re doing to each other”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“This stillness is not at all a calm before the storm but an indication of the presence of evil.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“You will have a great love, my beautiful girl, from a man who will make you believe in the stars. And once you see them with him, you will never view them the same way again.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“Fuck, I need to make you come,” he whispers roughly and so low I strain to hear his plans. “Fingers, tongue, and cock. Kitchen table, patio, and once we’re in my bed, it’ll be dealer’s choice.” Another flash of his devilish grin and contrasting dimple. “I’ll be dealing.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight

“I’ll be honest … I’ve never taken this route, sweetheart. I’ve been a good boy for a lot longer than I meant to be,” he relays heatedly, “and with you, I can easily rectify that right fucking now.”
― Kate Stewart, Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight