Taut Quotes

“Sphere of privacy, people.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“You’re like crazy sexy, Ford. And all this weird shit you do, that just adds to it. I’m not sure why, but I like your strangeness. It’s real. And it drives me a little wild.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“If you can win me, you can have me. I'll be yours and you'll have earned it”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Don't start with me right now, internal monologue.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“So you think I'm a hot serial killer?”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Kidding, you jealous nerd”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Promise you won't forget me.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I’m not defective. I want to be touched. I’ve denied myself this most basic of human comforts my whole life and I’m ready to move on.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“See,” she breathes. “It’s nice. I trust you. But I like soft kisses. So in between the rough stuff you like, be careful with me. Give me something soft, because I really need it.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I love you. I’m in, Ashleigh. I want you, I want Kate, I want this. I want to sleep with you every night and give you everything”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Do I want her to know me like this? Do I want her to know that I’m a freak, in the strictest definition of the word? Is this what intimacy entails? Baring your weaknesses to someone who might take advantage, but trusting them not to?”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Love might be a risk, but I’m all about risk-management.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I’m not sure you understand what you’re getting in to. I’m a single mom.”
“I’m a single guy.”
“I have Kate and—”
“And I want Kate, Ashleigh. I do. I want you both.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Tell me, Ashleigh. Tell me all those things you need him to know. I’ll make sure he gets the message”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I want to be a part of your team”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“If you don’t know what you want, and you won’t tell me specifics, then I’ll tell you what I think you need. You’re mine now, Ashleigh. I’m claiming you. I’m claiming Kate too. If you want to be with me then I call the shots. And I’ve made my first decision.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Ford? You OK, man?” I take a sip of whiskey and enjoy it. “Why wouldn’t I be?” Rook is going crazy in the background now. I can hear her losing control. “Well, Rook says you broke up with her…” He stops as she snaps at Ronin and I enjoy that a little too much. “Rook, those were your words, OK? Ford, what the fuck is going on?”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“You make me weak, you make me stumble, you make me fall, and even though I know you’ll pick me up if I ask you to, it’s not enough. I want you to make me stronger, just like I made you. I want it all or I want nothing. And since I can’t have it all, I’ll take nothing.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“And I’m not a worthless person. Maybe I’ve got a lot of problems and pretty much everything is going wrong for me right now, but I’m not worthless.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I’m hurting you right now. And it feels good. Because you’ve been hurting me since the day we met. You’re selfish. You take. That’s all you do—take. You’re a Taker, Rook. And I’ve got nothing left to give you. You took it all.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I bring Kate into my chest and she’s so soft it’s easy to want to hold her tight. She squirms a little in my arms and I pat her on the back the way Ashleigh does when she’s trying to calm her. She relaxes her heavy head on my shoulder and that’s it. It’s over. I’m done. I’m a Kate lover. “I’d like a Kate,”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I’d like to be half of something. I’d like that emptiness to go away.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“You wanted me to notice your ass when you turned? Mission accomplished. But I don’t like a tease, so don’t start something you can’t finish.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I'm a mind-unfucker”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I’ll ruin everything if you touch me. I’ll ruin us. I’ll ruin this. I’ll ruin you, just like you said. I’ll ruin you and I’ll ruin your life. And I love you too much to ruin you. So I’m leaving.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“If you touch me I’ll touch you back. I’ll cup your face and kiss your mouth. I’ll hold you close and make you choose me.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“If it were anyone else, anyone but you who wanted me to give them so much for so little in return, I would’ve walked away and never looked back a long time ago.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“When my life is unraveling, and everything about it is slack, my poems are taut. My poems take the fray and wind it back together.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“Ford, the promise of your full sexual attention is just about the highlight of my life right now, why pretend?”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book

“I can pull you taut, Ashleigh. Like the poems. I can bring you back together. You are so fucking delicious, Ashleigh. So fucking perfect. I wish I could take this pain away from you, really, I swear I feel your sadness and it makes me crazy. Do I ask for more information and risk the tears? Do I pretend it’s not happening and risk you feeling ignored? Tell me what to do.”
― J.A. Huss, Taut: The Ford Book