At Any Price Quotes

“Cancer is a bitch that needs to get the crap smacked out of it. I intend to stand on the front lines with a big-ass bat.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I can’t promise that things will be perfect, Emilia. But I can promise you that I will never give this up. Because I don’t think I knew how to live before you came into my life.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“if you love him, don’t choose to be alone.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“Because my entire life I’d seen those feelings as a fortress protecting me from potential hurts and damages. Instead of a fortress, they had been a cage, holding me back.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I love you, Emilia. I love you so goddamned much that I can’t breathe when I don’t know where you are or how you are doing. This last month has been torture. I wonder if it’s possible to have room in my heart for anything else but these feelings.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“Why would you introduce me to your family? Won’t they wonder what happened, when we finally…?”
His eyes fixed on mine, serious, sincere. “Because you asked me and I wanted to show you.”
“Asked you what?”
“You asked me who I love. They’re who I love.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I aim to misbehave.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“He was astonished to discover that I actually preferred the Special Edition version of the original Star Wars trilogy. He shook his head, eyes widened in mock horror. “I can’t even—” “Oh c’mon. Three words: better special effects.” His expression grew dead serious. “Three words: Greedo shoots first.” I grimaced. “Okay, you have a point there, but I’m not going to change my mind just because of that one little thing—” “One little thing?!” His mouth dropped. “That one moment changed the entire characterization of Han Solo.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I was captain of my own ship, yes. But I still had to answer to the sea, the weather, the storm on the horizon.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I stepped back from his hold, my fists balled. “Fuck you, Adam Drake,” I hissed. “I never asked for you to come into my life and arrange things. I never needed you to save me!” His head tilted in that way he had of studying me, his eyes calculating. This outburst had not been a surprise to him. He swallowed, squared his shoulders. “No. Probably you didn’t,” he said so quietly I could barely hear him over the raging, wild twister of emotions swirling inside of me. “But I sure needed you to save me.” And”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“But I sure needed you to save me.” And”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“Drake turns you on and that scares the shit out of you.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“You made one mistake and you shouldn’t beat yourself up for it for the rest of your life.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I held up my Gray’s Anatomy by way of answering. She huffed. “Why don’t you just watch the TV show instead of reading that big fat book?”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“grin. “If I’m going to lay down a fortune for the privilege of experiencing your quivering virgin flesh, I think it goes without saying that I expect to do it without a barrier.” I sat back, clenching my teeth so hard that my head started to ache. My gaze was held fast by the challenge in his ebony eyes. He might have been the most gorgeous creature I’d ever laid my eyes on, but he was also an asshat. He tilted his head at me, puzzled. “Why is that a problem? If we are both cleared by a physician—” I unclenched my jaw just long enough to reply. “Recent medical clearance is not sufficient for me. I’d require celibacy for at least the previous six months, so—” “Then there isn’t a problem.” I highly doubted that. I opened my mouth to call him a liar when Heath leaned forward and put his hand on the table in front of me. Drake’s lawyer cleared his throat, throwing a bland look at me and turning to Drake. “We can work all these details out later in mediation. Mr. Drake does have a plane to catch later today.” Drake’s eyes darted to Heath and back to me. I could tell he was trying to gauge our relationship. It wasn’t the first time a person had looked at the two of us in that unsure, questioning way. Heath was not obviously gay in any way. He wasn’t “fabulous” or flamboyant. He was very masculine in his behavior and mannerisms, so he rarely set off people’s gaydar. My gaze turned back to Drake, drawn to him like a flame pulled into a hot, dry wind. I resented the heat on my cheeks. I was not a habitual blusher. Hardly ever, actually. But this man was bringing my Irish up, as my mother liked to say. And what was worse, the more annoyed I grew with him, the more amused he seemed to be. Drake flicked a glance at Heath and then his lawyer. “Gentlemen, could you excuse us for a moment? You’re free to wait just outside the door.” Then, almost as an afterthought, he glanced at me. “If, of course, that is okay with the lady?” My face flamed hotter and I folded my hands on my lap. “Fine,” I said, wondering if the thirty-something New Yorker was still interested in the”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“before turning out of my”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“havoc on my emotions like this. Just when I thought I”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“Loving someone meant giving them the power to crush you—putting the tenderest, most delicate part of yourself in the palm of someone else’s hand.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price

“I’m not a prostitute and I’ll thank you not to treat me like one.”
You’ve sold yourself. You may not see yourself as one, but clearly…” his eyes travelled down my body again.
I shook my head. I couldn’t understand his motivation for provoking me like this. As beautiful as he was, each time that he opened his mouth I was finding it harder and harder to picture myself in bed with him. “One night in my life and a bit of broken skin does not constitute prostitution.”
His dark gaze intensified, as if with one long, determined gaze he could break through my defences. I drew back.
“Sex for money is prostitution.”
I shrugged, determined not to let him see that he was getting under my skin. “I prefer not to put a label on it. One night of my life does not define me.”
― Brenna Aubrey, At Any Price