The Other Side of Envy Quotes

“I can’t look at you anymore. I just want to kiss the fuck out of you. There’s no way...What the hell would you want with a guy like me?”
A guy like him? Was he kidding? Beautiful Gabriel, my ever-demanding artist. What in the world was he thinking?”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“All emotions have an opposite. Anger and sadness are two of the same. When someone is angry, when they calm down, you may discover they’re actually sad about some part in their life. Do you know what the other side of envy is?”
I shook my head.
“It’s a lack of confidence, self-esteem. If he envies Silas’s strength, then he’s unsure about his own. If he’s envious of Victor’s wealth and what he can give you, it’s because he’s insecure about his lack of money and ability to give you those material things. Gabriel’s greatest weakness is his own perception of himself.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“Nothing is ever good enough,” he said. He combed my hair with his fingers. “I feel like I’m putting rags on porcelain. I barely tolerate the things you do wear.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“No matter what, though, I’m staying with you. If you’ll let me. If you want me to.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“At first, he threatened me, saying if I left, you’d be heartbroken. Said that he left and you were crying because you thought I’d run off, and he was going to drag me back to you. Said if I ever left you again, he’d beat the shit out of me.”
“The truth is, I almost considered leaving,” he said quietly. “When I thought about it, I was sure it wouldn’t work. We’re young. We’ve been through a lot of shit. We think we know what we want. I didn’t know how I was so stupid before. Thinking we’d just go on like we’ve been doing.”
“The thought of leaving, I hated it. My heart hurt. Bad. I didn’t want to. I told him that. He said that’s how you know it’s the wrong thing to do. If your heart hurts just thinking about leaving, don’t leave. He asked me how I felt about staying. I wasn’t sure, but it didn’t hurt.” He pressed his lips to my forehead then and as he spoke, his lips tickled my skin. “He said then it might be because the path isn’t clear, but maybe it was still in the right direction.” He kissed my forehead. “Motherfucker’s a psychologist.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“There will always be people better, stronger, faster, as well as people who are weaker and slower. It doesn’t make you better or worse. You are who you are”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“We had a few issues to work out in the beginning. He made me quit smoking. I made him eat a candy bar.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“She needed someone to love her. He needed it too.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“THE THREE AMIGOS PLAN”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“Is that why you had to pin her wrists to the floor? Haven’t I taught you better on how to treat a lady? You can’t hold them against their will.” She turned to me, her lips broadening her smile. “I didn’t mean to scare you. Really. I thought... well...don’t mind me.” She stepped closer, her eyes raking over my body. “But I can see why he did. Holy shit.” She looked me in the face again. “You are a girl, right? God, please say yes.”
“Pam, this is Sang Sorenson. Sang, this is my stepmom, Pam. And yes, she’s a fucking girl.”
“Thank the lord,” she said, and she stepped around Gabriel and wrapped her arms around my shoulders, pulling me into a hug. “Thank you, thank you.” She smelled heavily of cigarettes and perfume that got caught in my throat, but her hug felt genuine.
“Jesus H. Christ,” Gabriel breathed out, pressing a hand to his forehead.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“Then she turned to me and her eyes widened. “Holy shit. It’s a girl.” She dropped a hand over her heart, backing up a step.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“But now they’ve got Mr. Blackbourne following McCoy. See? He’s in deep shit now if Mr. Blackbourne’s the one hunting him.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“Aw shit,” Gabriel said. He rolled his eyes. “Oh no.” This was horrible. They’d basically told Mr. Blackbourne that they hated schoolwork and homework assignments and classes. Mr. Blackbourne would have them busting their asses until the end of the school term.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“He held his broken phone in his hands, feeling the cracks that Sang had made into the screen. It
almost looked like a tree. He didn’t want to replace it. She could break all his things.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“Don’t you go taking the lord’s name in vain.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy

“By the time I got back with the bag, he had the door closed. I knocked and he reached out with one hand. I smiled as I hooked the bag over his fingers. I had been in a towel before and he’d open the door right up. Gabriel was more modest with himself than he was with me.”
― C.L. Stone, The Other Side of Envy