The King Quotes

“He’s a bastard, that blond monster.” “You know you love him.” “Entirely against my will,” Kingsley said, “and with all my heart.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Have you ever had sex in the back of a Rolls Royce?” Kingsley asked, trying not to rip Søren’s shirt in his rush to unbutton it. He needed Søren’s skin on his skin right now. “No,” Søren said. “But ask me that question again in an hour.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“The true test of love is not always ‘Will you fight for it?’ The real test of true love is often ‘Are you willing to give it up?”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“You’re going to regret you ever met that girl. She’s a tiger in a kitten’s body.” Søren smiled enigmatically. “I always liked cats.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“If it makes you feel any better,” Søren said, “the wolf is still there, but he’s on a stronger leash.” “You let the wolf off the leash with me.” “Which is why I needed a stronger leash.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“It isn’t that I don’t like you,” Søren said with a playful sigh. “It’s only I like me so much more than I like you that, in comparison, it looks like I dislike you.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Go wherever the pain wants to take you—into your mind, into your past, into your darkest dreams. Go as far away as you need to. I’ll come for you, and I’ll find you and bring you back.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“I’m straight, remember?” “You told me that once before. I think it was after you’d fucked me so hard we broke a spring in the cot.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“I’m French,” Kingsley said. “I’m asking about your religion.” “That is my religion.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“What are you wearing?” “An angry scowl,” Søren said. “It’s a good look for you.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Can you remember…” Søren began as he squeezed water from Kingsley’s hair. “Was there ever a time when you felt like you were doing what God put you on this earth to do?”
“Once”
“When?”
“When we were lovers.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Do you remember the story in the Bible known as the Judgement of Solomon?” Søren asked.
“Why can’t we have phone sex like normal perverts?” Kingsley asked.
“The story is found in 1 Kings, chapter three.”
“So that’s a no to phone sex?”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Don't even think about it." Søren said as Kingsley pulled his coat and gloves off.
"I'm always thinking about it." Kingsley said. "I brought the lube."
"Kingsley, it's not even five in the morning yet."
"You beat me this early before."
"I was attempting to wake you up."
"With your alarm cock?”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“I wanted this club for you,” Kingsley confessed. “The truth is, I was building it for you. I wanted you to have somewhere safe you could go and be you. Because I love you,”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“You’re a Catholic priest. Aren’t you all drunks?”
“If I wasn’t before, being back in your life might drive me to drink. Between you and Eleanor it’s a miracle I’m even lucid.”
Kingsley pointed at him. “I take that as a compliment.”
“You would.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“It breaks my heart to see you like this.” “I don’t believe that. I don’t believe you have a heart.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“I foresee a miracle occurring in the future.”
“Which is?”
“You,” Kingsley said as the team gathered on the sideline. “Being humbled.”
“And what makes you say that?” Søren asked, sounding both imperious and sceptical.
Kingsley only smiled on and said three words.
“I met Eleanor.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“You tried to drown me.” Søren smiled. “It’s called baptism, Kingsley. Welcome to the Kingdom.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Celibacy.” Kingsley pronounced the word like a curse. It was a curse. “I thought you were a sadist. When did you become a masochist?”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“You do have unusually dark eyelashes for a blond,” Sam said, studying Søren. “How do you do it?” Søren answered, “Mascara.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Go fuck a fifteen-year old.”
“Her birthday was in March. She’s sixteen now.”
“I’m hanging up on you.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Kingsley kissed the top of Fionn’s head. His heart clenched so tightly, his chest hurt. No wonder he’d sought after pain all his life. It felt just like love.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“He’d taken a wrong turn somewhere and found himself wandering the back alleys of hell.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Call the priest. You’re in a better mood when he’s around. He doesn’t brood like you do.” “He invented brooding. He holds the patent on brooding. He gets royalties whenever anyone broods. You just haven’t seen him do it yet.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“Søren took a long deep breath. Meanwhile Kingsley considered falling asleep. Falling asleep and never waking up. The dead don’t dream.
“Can I touch you?” Søren finally asked.
“Tonjours,” Kingsley said… Always.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“My free time is limited, as you know.”
“Hosting an exorcism tonight?” Kingsley asked.
“Worse. Couples’ counselling.”
“Same thing,” Kingsley said. “It’s all your fault. No one told you to get a real job.”
Kingsley stood up and came around the desk.
“I like my job,” Søren said as he followed Kingsley from the office. “You should think about getting one, too. You’ll be surprised how enjoyable it is to be useful to society.”
“You know what else is enjoyable?”
“What?”
“Not having a job.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“It’s always a pleasure forcing you to do things you don’t want to do.” “I like it better when you force me to do things I want to do.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“You know I have to have more sex to make up for all the sex you aren’t having. Someone has to restore the balance in the universe.” “The universe thanks you for your sacrifice. Now, may I hang up?” Søren asked. “Not yet.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“I need your help,” Kingsley said. “You’re fucking my wife, and you come to ask for a favor. I almost admire that.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King

“There’s a lady in Midtown who does amazing therapeutic massage.”
“I don’t need a massage.”
“I can see if she gives happy endings.”
“I might need a massage.”
― Tiffany Reisz, The King