The Hooker and the Hermit Quotes

“Dearest Annie,
Roses are red. Violets are blue. I’m using my hand But I’m thinking of you.
- Ronan

P.S. Just to clarify, I’m using my hand to write this note…get your mind out of the gutter.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“I wanted to high-five the fuck out of myself then do a victory dance. But I didn’t, because, you know, manly.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“That’s right, I’m a reclusive pervert, and I make no apologies for it. And, giving the matter some thought, a reclusive pervert is much preferable to an extroverted pervert.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“He had a great laugh, a sexy laugh. My laugh was the mating call of the Yeti.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Family isn’t always the one you’re born into. Sometimes it’s about people who get into your blood, inside your heart, and under your skin all on their own.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“I might have been a little mesmerized for a moment as I took in the sight of her shapely backside. It was incredible. I just wanted to spank it and bite it and worship it and completely fucking defile it.”
― Penny Reid, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Bollocks, bitches, and Battlestar Galactica,”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“The protector inside me was frowning while the predator soaked up her discomfort with glee.”
― Penny Reid, The Hooker and the Hermit

“You’re virtually unknown over in the States. This could be the thing that helps you crack America. I can just see it now, a picture of you reclining in a pair of tighty whiteys advertising for Calvin Klein on the side of a skyscraper.”
“Fuck, man. Are you a psychic? How did you know that’s my one true dream?”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“I feel like I could lose myself and find myself in you,”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Annie….”

“I know; I remember. I’m supposed to dab, not rub.” I recalled his words from our first meeting.

“Annie….”

“Am I rubbing?”

“No…but, God, I wish you would.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“She said seals sexually assault penguins and deserved to be clubbed. That woman is nuttier than a Snickers bar.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“OMG. WTF? BBQ!”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Maybe I would get a ferret. A cat just felt too benign. My kind of crazy deserved an ambiguously cute rodent with a penchant for biting.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Bollocks, bitches, and Battlestar Galactica,” I mumbled. I have a bad habit of mumbling curse words when I’m aggravated; honestly, I think I might have a mild case of Tourette’s. To soften the string of foul language and make me feel like less of a freak, I try to throw in a pop culture reference at the end. It usually works, but not today.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“But here lies the rub: she’s all I think about. She’s the only person I want to spend time with. I’m fascinated by every little thing she does. And the fact of the matter is, I’m in love with her. Heartbreakingly, soul-wrenchingly, earth-shatteringly in love with her. It’s nothing like I’ve ever felt before. And I need her to love me back more than I need to take my next breath. I can’t imagine a greater agony than this big, pulsing, fierce love I have for her being unreciprocated. I would rather take a hundred blows to the head out on the field, suffer a thousand concussions, than not have her beside me for the rest of my life.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“WONDERFUL, JEFFREY, JUST CUNTING WONDERFUL!!”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Why talk to a person if you had nothing in common with them? What would that accomplish, other than a painfully stunted conversation?”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“There was no way I would pair up with this guy—the epitome of a privileged and entitled beefcake. He was everything I loathed rolled up into a tight, luscious, muscular, heady, and quixotically alluring package. My social phobias aside, I needed alone time with Ronan like a car needed a swim in the ocean.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“I feel like I could lose myself and find myself in you, Annie” I murmured close to her ear.
She swallowed. “Don’t say things like that.”
“I can’t help it. Believe me, I’ve tried. You make me feel everything.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Twitter, twatter, fudder, motherfucker, I don’t care what it’s called.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“because I’m terrible at almost everything else in life. Take walking or talking, for instance, never mind attempting both at the same time. Or smiling. Or not being weird. Or not creeping people out. Or not being the cause of every awkward silence in a five-mile radius.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“It’s not poop, it’s chocolate…just don’t try to eat it because it’s full of E. coli.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“In no particular order: baked goods, Colin Farrell's eyebrows, and the thighs of rugby players everywhere. And to the city of Edinburgh, where a love story was born.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Dearest Annie, Roses are red. Violets are blue. I’m using my hand But I’m thinking of you. - Ronan”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“My love … I don’t always want you tied up. I want you free. I want you wild. I want you brave. I want you any way I can get you. I want you now, and I want you for the rest of my life.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Ronan: I miss your taste. Come over.
Her reply was almost immediate.
Annie: I’m working. You’ll see me tonight.
Oh, no way was she getting off that easily. I went into full-on sext mode.
Ronan: I want to make you come with my mouth.
Annie: Ronan! I’m at the office and Gerta is RIGHT BESIDE ME!
Ronan: Gotta say, that kinda makes it hotter.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“Now you listen to me … This is happening. You and I are happening, and this is real. I like you … I love that you’re brilliant and generous and gorgeous and real. I like you.”
…
“You’re just going to have to trust me. And tomorrow I’m taking you out and showing you off; not just because I really fucking like how you look, but because you’re smart and good and genuine…”
I rubbed myself against him, made a little wild by his commanding aggressiveness. Therefore, I was wholly disoriented when he gripped my upper arms and held me away. He glared at me until I blinked at him and was able to bring him into focus.
Seemingly satisfied that he had my undivided attention, Ronan ended his suspended thought with a low growl “…and now you’re mine.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“no one knows who I am…that I am she…that she is me.”
― L.H. Cosway, The Hooker and the Hermit

“I loved begging him, following his rules. I loved the freedom I found in complete capitulation.”
― Penny Reid, The Hooker and the Hermit