Honor Quotes

“If all of this isn’t bouncing and jiggling around, I’m not fucking you hard enough.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“You deserve it, Mama.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“My phone buzzes in my pocket, so I fish it out and slide my finger across the screen to answer. “Yeah?” I’m not a man of many words. Sue me.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“I love you more than fighting fire, Teddy,”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“So, so much. I love you. I want everything too, Xander. If you can be brave enough to walk into fires, I can be brave enough to stand beside you while you do it. And we’ll be here waiting for you every time.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“What do you want me to say, Cal? Huh? I chose women that were the opposite of her on purpose. Because then there was no fucking confusing them for who I really wanted. I’ve been crazy about your sister for years, man. But she was married. Married to the perfect fucking husband that gave her three incredible kids that I’m just as crazy about. And then he died and I know I’m not worthy of her, dammit. I’m not worthy of those kids.” Blowing out a heavy exhale, I drop my arms. “I convinced myself that I didn’t want a relationship because of this job, because of the way my parents’ marriage failed. Because it was easier finding women that were nothing like what I wanted than having to admit to myself that I was in love with another man’s wife.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“What do you want me to say, Cal? Huh? I chose women that were the opposite of her on purpose. Because then there was no fucking confusing them for who I really wanted. I’ve been crazy about your sister for years, man. But she was married. Married to the perfect fucking husband that gave her three incredible kids that I’m just as crazy about. And then he died and I know I’m not worthy of her, dammit. I’m not worthy of those kids.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“I told you I’m tired of fighting this, Teddy. I tried to. Goddamn, I tried,” he breathes, shaking his head. “I know you deserve so much more, but I’d like to try to give you the world, beautiful. If you’ll let me.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“But I’m so tired of fighting this. I’m crazy about you, Teddy. You’re all I think about anymore. Every waking thought and every dream at night … it’s all you. It’s only been you.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Oh, so you’ve got it bad- bad, huh?”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“She tilts her head sideways slightly, as if assessing me, and then steps to my other side and slides her arm around my waist, too. And suddenly I’m home.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Let us help you, Mama.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“And weed-whip.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“They say grief never truly fades; it just hits less often. Fuck, when it hits though, its like a sucker punch to the center of the chest.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“My fucking woman. Teddy. I want to go to sleep every single night and wake up every goddamn morning next to Teddy.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“don’t want to do something you don’t want,” he whispers roughly, his eyes dropping to my mouth. “But goddamn, I want to kiss you so fucking bad right now, beautiful.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“know. It’s okay. You don’t have to say it. I just… I want you to know that I’m here. And I see you, sweetheart. Every fucking part of you, beautiful.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Teddy, if you keep making that sound, I’m going to embarrass myself in front of your in-laws,” he whispers roughly, leaning closer so his breath fans against my ear. Holy shit. “And I rather like them, so I’d like to not make this awkward if possible. But I can’t do that if I’m sporting a boner in my gym shorts.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“really fucking like hearing you say my name when you come, Mama.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Umm, did you see your boobs?” Vi asks, her eyes wide. “I’m a dick girl through and through, but I’d motorboat the shit out of you in this.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Reaching up, I flip my ball cap around so the brim is facing backward, then lean my forearms against the window sill as she buckles”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“vow to honor my dad, his bravery, and his sacrifice to the best of my ability. Because honor is all I have in the wake of my grief.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“she’d loved and lost nearly thirty years ago,”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“I want all of her blushes, all of those sexy fucking sounds that no one else gets to hear.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“But I’m so tired of fighting this. I’m crazy about you, Teddy. You’re all I think about anymore. Every waking thought and every dream at night…it’s all you. It's only been you.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Even married, even pregnant with another man's baby, I still wanted you. And fuck I hated myself for it,” he rasps brokenly. The breath that pulls in through my lips is ragged, emotion fraught. “You have dominated my thoughts for years, Teddy.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“I know. It’s okay. You don’t have to say it. I just… I want you to know that I’m here. And I see you, sweetheart. Every fucking part of you, beautiful.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Whispering low, I breathe, “I really fucking like hearing you say my name when you come, Mama.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Not fucking likely, Teddy. I’ve been dying to see more of you. And I’m not disappointed in what I’ve seen so far, beautiful.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor

“Don’t ever let me hear you talk about yourself like that, do you understand? You’re perfect just like this.”
― Danielle Baker, Honor