Playing It Safe Quotes

“of my body’s movements.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“Alex’s house and backyard looks like Harry Potter took a dump all over it and then some.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“Somewhere that would not require me to wear much clothing and was peaceful and quiet all day and night. No cell phones, no TV . . . well, maybe some sort of TV, but for the most part a complete disconnect from everybody for a whole week.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“If he’s anything like the other guys she’s brought home to meet us, I give it another week.”
“Do you remember that one who wouldn’t drink anything all night, even with his food? I mean who doesn’t want even a little sip of water to clear their palate during a meal?”
“I remember that one,” my dad says. “How about the one who kept going to the bathroom every five minutes? He must have had a serious drug habit.”
“He didn’t have a drug habit, Dad.”
“Oh, so he had the shits then? I’m not sure that’s any better, Julia.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“We’ve been playing this game for a very long time. And I’m all for playing games, Julia, but sooner or later, one of us is going to win.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“It’s officially time for me to take the bull by the horns and give Alex a fair shot. How I’m going to do that I don’t know yet, but he’s definitely in my sights, and I’m going to sleep with him whether I like it or not. Well, if today was any indication, I’m going to love it, but that’s beside the point.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“This isn’t finished— you and I, it’s going to happen, Julia. You can make all the excuses you like and try to convince yourself that this isn’t a good idea, but if the last five minutes are any indication, it would be the best fucking decision we’ve ever made.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“I did experiment once in college but quickly realized that it wasn’t for me.
Oh, please. Like you didn’t make out with your sorority sister while she felt you up to make a guy all hot and bothered. I’m probably in the minority on that one. Then again, I was feeling no pain after playing a few rounds of beer pong and thought it was the actual guy and not my sorority sister. So I don’t think that really qualifies as experimenting. I suck even with the ladies.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“Maybe she has a cape flying out of her crotch with a giant S on it. That, or she can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“Meanwhile, I’m thinking about how he grinned at me when I followed his command to sit back down. My heart skipped a beat or two, and my pulse started to race just from pleasing him. Does that make me a sub? You know, like those women who get off on men telling them what to do inside and outside the bedroom? I may be jumping the gun, but the thought of pleasing Alex— in any way, shape, or form, inside, outside, on the couch, against the wall, on this countertop— gets me really hot.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe

“I feel it in his touch, his eyes, his words, and most importantly his actions. Because a guy can say just about anything, but it’s what he actually does that proves he means those words.”
― Barbie Bohrman, Playing It Safe