The Token Quotes

“Hanging onto my virginity isn't such an accomplishment when innocence is taken in increments. Chunks of who I am are stolen right from underneath my nose.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“He punishes me tenderly. Each kiss erases the hurt of his words. A man could never speak an apology as perfect as the one he makes with his mouth.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“The days of what's left stretch before me like a black ribbon of road sinking into an uncaring horizon.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“I’m intimately familiar with the human body. I didn't set out to be, but life had other plans. The sins of the past become the direction of our future.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“But pain won't end me. After what I've been through, physical pain is just another obstacle. It's the mental that's killing me.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“I cling to her and try to believe my financial troubles and dark secret can be erased by taking off my clothes for strangers Kiki loves me more than I love myself. She loves me enough for us both.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“Rehab’s not a well-paying profession. But there's more than money, sometimes the soul needs edification.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“The porcelain shatters, and shards fly on the wood floor of my tiny apartment above the main street where I live in deep anonymity. The pieces splinter in all directions, and I sigh. I want to chop off my hand.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“don’t even get me started on what she rams her boobs into. It is surely a manacle for tits.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“he's enough of a man to make a legion of panties disintegrate. Incinerate.”
― Marata Eros, The Token

“Chemistry doesn't discriminate as to timing, looks, or circumstance. It's there to be recognized and play out, regardless of environment.”
― Marata Eros, The Token