Tragic / Manic / Panic Quotes

“just want you to know that what I am doing, these little things—like reading to you, the exercise, bringing you breakfast, talking—it's the only way I know how to care.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“the day I need a friend like you, I'll just have myself a little squat and shit one out.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“And I tell you what, this whole let me read to you thing is just about the most tender expression I've ever experienced with a man. I'm not sure why, maybe because of the book. It's such a sweet book, so opposite of Ford in every way, that the fact that he's willing to read those words out loud, just to make me happy, well—it does something to me.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Because life is not some cakewalk through the land of the straight and narrow. Life is a crazy, crooked, fucked-up road that sometimes requires a bit of cheating.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“I'm so in love with you, Rook. So fucking in love with you, it scares me.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“I have long-term plans, Rook. And she was never part of them.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“I have no words for you, Rook Walsh." "Try," I whisper back as I stare hungrily into his eyes. He brings his palms to my face and tilts my chin. "I could describe what you look like, but that's not what I see. You are so much more than a body inside a dress, Rook. You fit me. When I saw you crouching in that stairwell last week I felt like I knew you. You stopped me dead in my tracks, you wiped my mind. And I reached out to touch you that day because I couldn't resist. I needed to do it and I plan on touching you all night, on the way there in the car, through dinner, as we walk around the zoo and do whatever the hell it is they do at a nighttime fundraiser, and all the way home.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“She's a blackbird sitting in a tree staring out at the world, daring the wind to come and knock her off the swaying bough.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“I just want you to know that what I am doing, these little things—like reading to you, the exercise, bringing you breakfast, talking—it's the only way I know how to care.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Ronin Flynn, you are my forever guy. I'd just like to say that right now. You are my forever guy.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Every girl in the makeup cubby groans and rolls her eyes, but I think it's cute that he apologized.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Got it," I say as he hands me a pencil skirt, a crisp long-sleeved white shirt, and some low black heels. "This is what I'm wearing?" I'm a librarian. "Can I safely assume the accessories will include glasses on a chain and my hair in a bun? Should I shush people tonight?”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Ronin Flynn, you are like a door." He laughs. "It was that touching, huh?" "Not a window where you can see through to the other side and be sure of what's coming. But a door, still closed and leading to every opportunity imaginable and requiring a leap of faith that the risk is worth it. You are my doorway to endless possibilities and I'm ready to take that risk.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Vous avez tort, mon amour. Je suis juste ici.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“I hope you still have it," she says. "Have what, babe?" "My heart. Because it's the only one I got and I don't want to lose it." I pat my chest. "I put it right here, Gidget, right next to mine. I'm gonna hold on to it for you. Keep it safe forever.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Antoine is beside himself with pride. He even asked her to marry him but she said, and I quote, "After twelve years I refuse to accept your proposal knocked-the-fuck-up.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“I never look back, I only move forward.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“She's laughing at me. "What's funny, Gidget?" "You love me." I laugh back. "I do, and I'm going to show you just how much every chance I get.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Rook. You fit me. When I saw you crouching in that stairwell last week I felt like I knew you. You stopped me dead in my tracks, you wiped my mind.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Ford is lean and taut. Taut”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“just gonna take it upon myself to save you." He stops to pan his arms wide at the empty stadium. "With exercise. Because it will help, take my word on that.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“It's just me, Ronin, and this asshole named after a truck.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“Yup. He's a suit.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“We're not just a couple, we're a team.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic

“promises. We will watch Rook, we promise. We won't push her, we'll be careful. We promise all these things if Elise will let us keep this girl. We want her that bad. Of course, for very different reasons. Antoine wants to shoot her, I want to keep her. Antoine wants to take pictures of her gorgeous body and her fragile face, but I want to peel away her layers and see what's underneath. Antoine wants to make her famous and I want to hide her away in my room, under the covers of my bed, under me.”
― J.A. Huss, Tragic / Manic / Panic