Jaded Quotes

“I wake up in Nat Taylor’s bed. Tucked into his side like a baby sloth. Breathing in his soft, faded cologne and cheap soap. Listening to the heavy rise and fall of his breath.”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“I’ve never wanted anyone like this, the way I want Olli James.”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“I’ve never experienced anything like Olli James—so fascinating, so all-encompassing, like he’s so big and beautiful I can’t see past him. Can’t see anything but him.”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“You're gonna need better shoes, though." Olli sets his fork down. "I let it slide with Avery, but so help me God, I'm not bringing any more Vans-wearing gringos into the woods"
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“Because somehow, holding back his darkness helped me find my own light- enough for both of us.
-NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“You don't need to be strong." I wrap my arm around his bare torso and pull him against me. "I'm here. You don't have to be anything right now. Let me be strong for you"
-NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“If you need to sit in the dark," I murmur, my fingers tracing the lines of his palm, long beautiful, elegant lines,"then let me sit with you"
-NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“My cheeks heat, but I smirk anyway, because who am I kidding. Him looking at me like this - it's hot, it's flattering, it's making my stomach do some kind of hokey-pokey jazz that simultaneously makes me want to run and climb into bed with him."
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“Both, I guess." Syd shrugs, wraps her arms around her knees. "Maybe I'm just tired of being surrounded by stupid men who can't see past their own goddamn stupid"
-NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“I think it's cute." His mouth twists in a wry smile. "Fitting, with your woodsy nature hippie vibe."
-NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“Hockey and music." He sighs, almost a hum, a tiny taste of music itself. "Only things that ever make me feel calm."
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“And then he's gone, leaving me a fluttery mess with a dopey grin plastered across my face. Hopefully the rest of the team's too busy to notice, 'cause man, I must look like an idiot.
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“Genius is definitely a stretch." I unfurl a cocky grin to hide how those gut butterflies start turning aerial somersaults. "Marketing
major at U Maine is probably an apter term."
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“Metal and yoga? Mom would have an aneurysm.
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“So I cling to that desperate, false bubbliness of an external crush that may or may not pulverize me into oblivion later. I chase the high.
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“The title of that book is Things I Don't Need to Know About Nat Taylor. Chapter one: The Size of His-"
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“My heart does some stupid little jitterbug thing inside my rib cage.
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“We gravitate towards the darkness reflected inside of us"
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“I shrug. "If you wanted, I might share my spot. Your taste in music leads me to believe you're not a complete assclown"
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“It's time to blast my thoughts out of this funk spiral with some good old-fashioned metal.
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“When he turned to me, those eyes...Those eyes were earth and stars melded together into soft, molten pools of life.
- NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“My head's an interesting spot on a good day, a dark and desolate
one on a bad. On the average day, it's just filled with a whole lot of
random crap, like the junk drawer nobody's ever bothered to organize.
-Olli”
― Lex Easton, Jaded

“My whole life was rewritten in fresh ink, in a language I couldn't
read, across the pages of a book I'd never wanted." -NAT”
― Lex Easton, Jaded