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Devil You Know (Butcher Boys, #1) Devil You Know by Max Henry
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“but when you have nothing left to loose, the only choice you have left is to change.”
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“I never thought freedom could be so overwhelming.”
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“All I had left from down in the murky depths was the ability to look up, to find a way back out.”
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“BEING A woman can be such a contradiction. We’re told to be independent, strong, and self-assured, yet we’re shepherded by those same people toward a preconceived ideal of happiness. We’re encouraged to ‘find the one’, ‘settle down’ and ‘raise a family.’ We're encouraged to submit and obey, and to set aside any dreams we may have had for ourselves in the name of putting everybody else in our lives first.”
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“I need to hold her again, so badly it physically hurts.”
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“Nothing worth having is easy to get.”
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“This woman is going to be the end of everything I know. Of everything I am. But fuckin’ hell, I’m ready to jump on that ride.”
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“Oxygen is clarity.”
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“it's a struggle to find that balance between what a woman 'should be' and what we long to be.”
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“Human beings in general are companion-based animals. We long, and yearn for that soul mate since the day we are born—it’s”
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“A form of insanity takes hold, and we lose ourselves to the madness before we recognize the signs.”
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“She’s mad, bro, real mad. I don’t know what I can say or do to make this right.”
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“A unicorn sighs. I swear I hear a fairy laugh. Or maybe it’s the baby rabbits at my feet, and the bird singing on my shoulder that gives away my delirium. Either way, I'm sure some Disney tune is about to start piping out of nowhere. The moment is perfect . . . too perfect.”
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“of the time he doesn’t leave marks. The majority of his abuse is verbal. And that shit cuts worse than any knife I’ve ever had penetrate my skin. It’s psychological. He’s a Class A mind-fucker.”
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“A whispered word, a gentle touch, a stolen glance, and we’re brought from the brink of self-destruction, back to that cloudless sky with nothing but sunshine on the horizon. We live in that euphoric state, gladly burying the pain of not so long ago, to bask in the warmth of love once again. All until that trust is shaken. Until the feeling is no longer reciprocated. Until all we see in that once faithful companion, is a stranger. Or in my case . . . the enemy.”
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“The euphoria we get from a simple touch, a look, a whispered word can undo the greatest of heartache.”
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“We’re always drifting, man. Question is, are you drifting toward the right shore?”
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“Human beings in general are companion-based animals. We long, and yearn for that soul mate since the day we are born—it’s only that we don’t fully understand the emotion until puberty has taken hold, and love is no longer what we feel for a cherished toy, but rather a self-inflicted torture we endure in the name of connecting with somebody who makes us feel magical. A week of madness, an hour of pain, all for a few simple minutes of ecstasy.”
Max Henry, Devil You Know