The Tied Man Quotes

“The momentary discomfort was nothing at all compared to the realisation that she was finding refuge in my flawed embrace.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“I don't expect you to be like them. Don't want you to be. It's not them I want, it's you. From the moment we met, it's only been you.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“What did you call me?"

"Ah. A chuisle. Gaelic. 'My darling'. I prefer the proper translation, mind you."

"Which is?"

He gave a bashful smile. "My pulse.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Oh, Jesus Christ on a fuckin’ pushbike.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“But at the end of the day, everything I do costs me. The only question is how much.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“She wore a cantilevered, augmented-breast-skimming satin dress the colour of egg-yolk. Somewhere in deepest Nebraska, a prom queen two sizes smaller than Selena was wondering where the fuck her outfit had disappeared to.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Even at this ridiculous hour, and clad in a faded blue t-shirt and ancient pyjama pants, he looked like something Michelangelo might reject for being too beautiful”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“It was the first time I had ever felt guilt at finding a man attractive.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“In a fortnight Lilith had figured out more about me than anyone had ever cared to know, and I could only hope that she would hold it gently.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“The summer I met Lilith Bresson, I had begun to die. Not physically, you understand. I had never been that lucky. But each day a little more of my soul disappeared.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“I can’t do this alone, Finn. I need you beside me.”
Nobody had ever said that to me.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Just out of interest, what did you make of my Finn?

Probably the most beautiful man I've ever seen.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“God, I’ve just figured out what’s missing – you ditched the hallowed Albermarle Teddy Bear!’

I nodded.   ‘Banished to a dark cupboard for all eternity.’

‘You cold-hearted bastard.’

‘Give me a hot water bottle any day.   At least they have some appreciable function.   Not like that pathetic pile of overpriced fake fur and anthropomorphic bullshit I locked in the wardrobe.’

‘You have serious teddy bear issues.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“I’ve got one of those horrendous personalities that needs to know every detail about whatever I’m working on.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“The momentary discomfort was nothing at all compared to the realization that she was finding refuge in my flawed embrace.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“It was easy to forget that other people lived in a world where rules and laws and common sense could keep you safe. A world where, if you did the right thing you were allowed to get on with your life in whichever way you chose.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“You, my delightful Irish friend, terrify me," Gabriel said, and pulled the blanket over his head like a shawl. "You look like you've just stepped off the catwalk, you've got the stare of a serial killer, and you're clearly one of the hardest bastards I've ever met. Basically, I'm terribly keen to ensure that I'm never on your wrong side for the remained of my existence-will that do for now, you fucking sociopath?”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“I didn’t know what the hell to say to that. I just gave an ungrateful sigh of exasperation and pulled the sweater over my head.
‘It’s just your colour,’ Henry enthused.
‘And you can fuck right off,’ I said.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“What I did know was that as we sheltered from our own private tempests, something immutable happened to the bond between Finn Strachan and me, and our unnamed relationship shifted into something far stronger than either of us knew how to control. If I'd had the energy, I might have halted it there, kept my face turned away and driven on through the storm. But right then, I needed the haven that Finn offered more than oxygen.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Well golly fucking gosh how terribly delightful for her. Now get out.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“The tricky bit was figuring out where we were because I couldn’t imagine anyone, God included, daring to send Lilith Bresson to hell.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“[...] Lilith turned on me with the same fury I had watched her unleash on that fat bastard on the TV and I seriously feared for my balls.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Lilith Bresson, innocent of everything except having a bastard for a father, took her new fate with a calm that was terrifying.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Congratulations on your moral bankruptcy, Ms Fenworth.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“On balance, I’d say I prefer performing in front of a few thousand adoring women, but ‘Security Guard at the Castle of the Damned’ comes a pretty close second.   I should be fine, as long as there are no ghosts.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“Each move seemed to take a lifetime: more than anything, I needed him to know that this was all done with his consent; that at any moment he could say 'no' or move away and everything would still be okay. But he stayed, his eyes never leaving my face.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“I have this prodigious talent for painting the person behind the facade, but with Blaine the facade is all there is left - just artifice, guile, and an expensive pair of silicone tits.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“What did you call me?’ ‘Ah.  A chuisle. Gaelic. ‘My darling’.  I prefer the proper translation, mind you.’ ‘Which is?’ He gave a bashful smile.  ‘My pulse.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“I had no wish to look at myself, just to be reminded of who I had become.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man

“God-botherers always got the best tunes.”
― Tabitha McGowan, The Tied Man