Sustained Quotes

“A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Because apparently One Direction’s superpower is instant friendship. Someone should ship them to the Middle East so they can get to work on that Israel-Palestine thing.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I want her – this fearless, stunning woman. And I want the kids. Those perfect, awful, amazing children – whom she loves with every inch of her soul. I want them to be mine. Mine to hold, mine to protect and teach. Their joy, their laughter, their love. I want to come home to it, bask in it, be the reason for it.
But even more than that, I want to deserve them.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“That won’t give me my lipstick back, you little brat!” “I couldn’t help myself!” she pleads. And I unconsciously nod. That’s it, kid—go with insanity. It’s all you’ve got left.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“There's two of him?"
Chelsea grins. "If that's your way of asking if Rory has a twin, then the answer is yes."
"I see you've met my brother," the boy says, apparently used to this reaction. "Don't judge me just because we share the same DNA. You've heard the term 'evil genius'?"
"Yeah."
"Rory's the evil. I'm the genius.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“So…what’s the typical schedule with the whole dating thing? How long before one gets to the actual fucking?”
“Three dates,” they all answer simultaneously.
My eyebrows raise. “Three dates? Seriously? Are you guys, like…more religious than I ever knew?”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Criminal defense really isn’t so different from proctology. In both fields, it’s one asshole after another.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I didn’t do it.” Which, in my professional opinion, wouldn’t be a bad defense . . . if her mouth and chin weren’t completely covered with thick, blazing pink, like she’s Ronald McDonald’s illegitimate daughter.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“You’ve got this whole knight-in-shining-armor vibe going on.”

I shake my head. “My armor was tarnished a long time ago, Brent.”

“A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“When you take everything else away—money, clothes, nice cars, big houses—all a man has is his word. That he says exactly what he says. If a man doesn't have his word, he´s not a man.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Yelling is a sign of desperation, an indication that you’re out of options, with nothing behind your back but volume.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Looks matter, but confidence is by far the most alluring accessory a woman can wear.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I’ve played bingo with these senior citizens. They take that shit seriously. They might be old, but if you get I-22 when they were waiting for B-6? They’ll bust your fucking kneecaps as quick as any backstreet bookie, without an ounce of remorse.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“The racket reverberates down the second staircase and spills out into the kitchen, and the two screeching, running kids who are making it do laps around the island like a fucked-up Hunger Games version of ring-around-the-rosy.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“You deserve a man who knows what the right thing is, and who does it. I want…Christ I want to be that for you.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I can't make out what they're saying; it sounds like: hiss, blah, she hiss, squeak. But the aunt appears to speak the native language.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I never realised that the downside of getting to know a woman before I screw her is the possibility that I might not want to screw her after I know her. That a personality could have such a devastating effect on desirability. It’s depressing. My whole worldview is blown to bits.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“when you find the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start right away.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“And I blink at the ceiling, seeing stars. “Holy fuck.”

Her back shudders with a giggle. “It was kind of a religious experience, wasn’t it?”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Oooh...Aunt Chelsea called Jake the D-word!"
Rory's voice carries into the kitchen. "Dipshit?"
"No."
"Dumbass?"
"No."
"Douchebag?"
"What's a douchebag?"
"Rory!" Chelsea and I yell at exactly the same time.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I wrap my arms around her and kiss her forehead with more tenderness than I ever knew I was capable of.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Who says that? Who the hell uses the word ravishing? Douchebags—that’s who.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“You should go out with your friends, Chelsea. Have fun.” No matter how much I hate the idea. “The kids and I will be fine.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“dogs; a good coffeemaker is man’s real best friend.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“The racket reverberates down the second staircase and spills out into the kitchen, and the two screeching, running kids who are making it do laps around the island like a fucked-up Hunger Games of ring-around-the-rosey.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“avoid doctors like the bubonic plague. On some level I know it’s ignorant, but I think the stress of knowing you have a fatal disease kills faster than the disease itself.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“I’ve been arrested—spent time in lockup with genuinely dangerous guys. I’ve been in street fights without rules where no one was coming to break it up—and I’ve won. I’ve conquered the insurmountable challenge of earning a law degree and dealing with the self-centered jackasses who are my clients without committing aggravated assault. It’s a diaper. How hard could it be? I”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“He accepted me for who I was, scabs and all. But he refused to accept that that was all I was. And when someone believes in you, goes out on a limb for you when they have no obligation to do shit—it has an impact. It made me want to look in the mirror and see the man he knew I could be. And”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“to me how having a penis excuses you from the laws of gravity.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained

“Hanna and I have been spending way too much time together. The sex is stale and she’s starting to get clingy.”
― Emma Chase, Sustained