Temporary Bliss Quotes

“Whatever happened in the past belongs in the past. Learn from it, grow, and move on. Don't let it determine your future.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“You’re my forever girl … You always have been, and if I have my way, you always will be.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“Seriously, Mac, I’m in so deep, I’ll take you however I can have you. I’ll wait, however long it takes. If these last few months with you have shown me anything, it’s that you’re meant to be mine. I know that already, fuck, I’ve known it for a while now. I’ve just been waiting for you to catch up.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“Shit! I need to tell him about the other penises in my life.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“I want to see you again. I want to more than see you again, and I hope like hell that you’ll text me later on. But I’m going to leave you now, to freak out, to mull it over, and hopefully reminisce over what just happened between us because gorgeous, I know there is so much more where that just came from.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“God, I want to hate you for doing this to us, but I can't," he whispers, kissing my forehead one last time before stepping back. "I could never hate you, Mac. That's why this fucking hurts so much.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“And just so we’re clear, I love you, Mac. I love you so damn much that even if you hadn’t come back, I would have come after you. I would’ve fought like hell until you realized that you wanted this too.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“Tell me you feel this, gorgeous? Tell me I’m not dreaming this,” he rasps against my temple.
“I’m feeling it, and it’s scaring the shit out of me,” I whisper.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“It seems that Superman’s talents hold no bounds.
It’s just a shame my heart does.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“But it has only been three weeks,” I whisper.
“Three fucking good weeks, gorgeous. Three weeks that make me want to see this through.”
…
“I will tell you this, Mac. I’m going to try and be everything you need me to be both in and out of the bedroom because I like seeing you smile. I like seeing you laugh, and I definitely like you when you’re underneath me calling out my name.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“God, I want to hate you for doing this to us, but I can't. I could never hate you Mac. That's why this fucking hurts so much.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“That laugh…the low baritone timbre that can stop wars, solve world hunger, and cure women of their need for underwear all at the same time…it is the work of the devil. I swear to God, all he’d have to do is lie there and laugh all day, and I swear I could sit on his chest and get off.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“I need to introduce you to my shower buddy I’m now calling Mac,” he says holding up a bottle of body wash. I crack up laughing, my crazy mind wondering when shower head Daniel can meet up with body wash Mac.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“Daniel, I thought we’d talked about this? Do we need to talk about it all over again?”

“I don’t know,” he answers stoically.

Now that’s got my back up. “Fine, you want to know, I’ll tell you!”

“No…. NO. I don’t want to know, but it’s always there, Mac. Just how you didn’t like Nikki touching me tonight, I can’t stand the thought of another man, or men, touching you, being inside you. Fuck, it’s driving me insane.”

Well that certainly explains things. He’s rendered me totally f**king speechless, which is an achievement considering I never shut up.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“And this is Gary, who I work with, and his partner, Louise. Then there’s Thomas and Cade who you’ve met already, and that’s Matt, Noah’s younger brother.” My eyes go wide as I realize that Matt is just a younger version of Noah. I mean seriously, a spitting image. It’s like he’s a mini Walking Dildo. Wait, that doesn’t sound quite right, does it? I bet there is nothing mini about any of the males in Noah’s family.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“Noah pipes up, “Well, are you two going to stand here all day and make out in my foyer, or are you going to come out back and catch up with everyone else?”

“Sorry, I can’t seem to keep her off me. It’s such a hard life,” Daniel adds, shaking his head in jest.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“my throat and back out again, gripping his butt in my hands as I push him back into me, his eyes telling a tale of unadulterated hunger. “Damn,” he says, reaching”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“behavior that Beau was exhibiting towards me, I went with him. I believed a change in scenery would do him good. About a month after our arrival in Ohio, his possessive streak went into overdrive.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“soon, even if it is only to check that I’m here waiting for him. He’s always had a slight possessive streak; it used to make me feel wanted and needed, but it seems to have kicked up a notch in the past six months. Beau and I met in”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“boyfriend Beau to get home from work. He works as a mechanic at the local garage down the street and usually finishes around 6 p.m. I know he’ll be home soon, even if it is only to check that I’m here waiting for him.”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“could achieve. It was one of those high school romances that you read about. Me being the naïve, somewhat innocent and”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“you read about. Me being the naïve, somewhat innocent and impressionable eighteen year old girl that I was back then, believed”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“smile when we were together; more often than not he would be withdrawn”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“could achieve. It was one of those high school romances that you read about. Me being the naïve, somewhat innocent and impressionable”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“be withdrawn and seemed as if he was carrying the weight of”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“check my emails when I feel my phone vibrate with a text message. It’s 11 p.m. Who would be texting me at”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“the Beach: I’m an optimist, what can I say? By the way, I’m looking forward to seeing you out of those”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“smiles as he says that last thing, especially when my eyes go wide. Confidence simply exudes from him; he’s sure of himself, but not in an overly cocky way. But lord knows that I really”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“my eyes go wide. Confidence simply exudes from him; he’s sure of himself, but not in an overly cocky way. But lord knows that I really want to know what he could do to me and”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss

“We’d been together for a year when he lost his job in Chicago and I started noticing a change in him. Gone was his ever present smile when we were together; more often than not he would be withdrawn and seemed as if he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. Then, he got a job offer from his Uncle in Dalton, Ohio. He needed a new mechanic and wanted to help Beau out. Beau begged me to go with him; said he loved me and couldn’t bear to live without me. My parents and my best friend, Kate, were dead against it. They had noticed the change in Beau. They’d never been happy with our relationship, so they weren’t shy at expressing their concerns about moving across a whole other state to live with my “bad boy” boyfriend, and were vehemently against me giving up nursing school to do so. In the end, Beau used the ace up his sleeve, something I didn’t see coming until it was too late. He blackmailed me into moving with him. We were lying in bed one night, having just made love, and I was stuck in the post-coital haze that had my mind thinking of fluffy bunnies and rainbows. He rolled over and brushed the hair out of my face. “I can’t leave you behind, so I’ve decided you’re coming with me, Mac. It’s you and me against the world. I can’t survive without you, baby.” And”
― B.J. Harvey, Temporary Bliss