Echoes of Us Quotes

“Colin reminded me I wasn’t responsible for Noah. Being in a relationship shouldn’t feel like a responsibility.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Noah triggered me in such a way that anything he said could turn me vicious.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“You need space. You told me you needed to slow things down, and living with Noah is not going to help. You need your own room, spending nights apart, doing things without him. That’s how relationships normally work, Att. People are together, but they still have their own lives too.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Was it just a given that we were going to keep sleeping together?”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Do you smoke?” He made a gesture mimicking smoking weed. “No,” I said, feeling a little bad about it. I could almost hear Ezra complaining about me being boring. “That sounds about right. Would you ever try it?” he asked. His smile was different than usual, and my heart raced. “I don’t think so,” I told him honestly. His smile grew, and he moved to sit a little closer to me. “How about if it was with me? Would you try it then?” he asked, lowering his voice. His green eyes were fixed on mine, intense and mesmerizing. My heart was pounding against my chest. I narrowed my eyes, trying to understand. “Why would it make a difference if it was with you?” I asked.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I can handle Noah.” He scoffed. “Please, Att, spare me. You can’t handle him. You can’t even see how brainwashed you are.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I need to let you go, Noah,” I whispered against his warm skin. “I know.” His voice broke.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I think you saved my life, Atty. I don’t think I’d be here now if I hadn’t met you. I really wish I hadn’t fucked yours up in the process, but you saved my life, so thank you.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Maybe, but I realized how much I was messing you up, and I hated it. I hated myself. I still do…every time I look at you, I fucking hate myself for what I did and for not just leaving…for everything. I couldn’t control myself around you; I was obsessed with you,” Noah confessed.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I sat in class and tried to ignore the nagging voice—the one that told me these things usually took a little more time. Things were intense between us, but that was because he needed me.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I don’t know how to handle this. I sure as hell didn’t know how to handle you. I was in love with you, Noah,” I said and turned to look at him. His expression was one of raw, unfiltered pain, and it mirrored my own. “So was I,” he said.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Suddenly, I remembered Ezra’s face, full of apprehension, and Colin’s concern, the way he tiptoed around the subject of Noah and drugs. I even understood why Noah had called himself a washed-up junkie jock. They were right. I was in over my head. I barely knew how to handle people drinking around me. How the hell was I supposed to deal with this?”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I’m not going to leave him because of that. People just leave him like he’s not worth it, and I won’t do that. Not because I feel like I have to, but because I want to. I want to be here for him, and he needs it. He’s allowed to make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes. It doesn’t mean I have to give up on him. He’s worth it,” I told them.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“This is supposed to be slow,” I reminded him. “I meant the emotional stuff, not the sex stuff.” Warmth bloomed in my stomach at the mention of sex, especially in the context of us. “They’re a package deal, at least for me.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I just know it’s going to be worse with you, so you need to stick with it,” he told me. “Why would it be worse with me?” “Because you’ve seen me, the real me, and for some reason, you still want me, and I just really fucking want you, so, so bad. You’ve seen how bad it can get. I don’t have to pretend anymore, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing,” Noah told me.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“He turned into a drug for me too. I was addicted to him. His touch, his voice, the way he made me feel like I was the center of his universe—it was intoxicating. The withdrawal had always been unbearable.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I think Noah turned me into his drug. He wouldn’t let me leave. I barely made it to classes or training. It was just months of this incredibly intense relationship, and even though I can see how messed up it was, I was happy.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Noah was the most toxic person I had ever met, but he was also the person I had loved the most.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“You’re unapproachable. I mean, you must be on the spectrum, because your socializing skills are shit. You look at everybody like they’ve personally offended you, and you’re a little rude when you finally do talk. Ezra and I have to stalk and force you to be friends with us.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“I don’t know what about you makes me want to be overprotective. It’s like you have this innocence that I don’t want anybody to mess with.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“Noah’s a sucker for attention, but he’s not very good at the follow-through.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us

“He was a gigantic red flag, and my gut was screaming at me to stay away. But at the same time, I had never wanted to be closer to another person in my life.”
― Alex Cross, Echoes of Us