Necessary Restorations Quotes

“I loved her, fully and completely, and she brought out the best version of me.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“Sam?”
I couldn’t keep my hands off her, and they were everwhere from her legs to her belly to her breasts, and as much as that shirt turned me on, it needed to go. It was cute while it lasted. “Yes, Sunshine?”
“If I let you in,” she said, climbing onto her bed as I followed. “Promise not to break anything.”
She was caged beneath me, her hand firm on my cock while I inched the skirt up her sides, but she was suddenly so much more delicate than I’d ever noticed.
“It’s a deal,” I whispered. “Just don’t break me either, okay?”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“How much longer do you think we can do this?” he asked.
“I don’t think anyone else is coming up here, so…”
“No.” His lips passed over my cheek and temple, stopping there while his hand slipped under my dress. “How much longer can we pretend this is enough?”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“If I could hold on to her, I’d be okay.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“Ah, Samuel? Eyes up here, please.”
I dragged my gaze from her breasts to her lips, and lifted my brows. “Yeah, you’re not my type, but you have an incredible rack, and I’d like having those lips on my dick.”
It sounded like my usual bullshit, but it was possibly the most honest, unfiltered thing I’d said all day.
She snorted, spraying vodka from her mouth and nose, and shook her head. “You need to shut that shit down. I’m not giving you a blowjob. Stop thinking about it.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.” I”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“It’s details. It’s the way itsy bitsy sounds bend around each other and create magic. It’s pressing your mouth to someone’s neck because you can’t imagine living another minute without feeling her skin on your lips. Fingertips digging into hips until they bruised. Reaching for someone in the night. Knowing her taste in your soul but never feeling fulfilled. Awakening all the beasts you’ve kept hidden inside, and letting them grow and breathe because she wants to know them. That’s passion.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“Some orgasms were like fender benders. Quick, generally harmless, forgettable. Others were more like backing into a bus. More damage, more memories. And a select few were like a fucking train wreck. Blacked out, body-splitting. They turned you inside out and back again.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“You showed me more. You showed me that I could have crazy, wild happiness, and we could make something incredible together.
I want something incredible with you. Something safe and forever and real, and know that I will never want it with anyone else, ever.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“All I want to call you is mine … You’re mine and I’m yours.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“The world makes sense when you let me hold you, and I can only imagine holding you naked would bear similar, if not better, results.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“I couldn’t tell her that being with her made me feel sane for the first time in months.
Or that I felt rusty, broken pieces of myself healing every time I kissed her.
Or that she was beautiful and genuine in ways that stunned me.
Or that I wanted to bury myself in her for days, but I needed her more than I needed pussy.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“You're only doing that because you think I might be carrying your spawn," I said as we walked toward the gate. "No," Sam replied. "I'm doing it because I love you, and the least I can do is grab your bag while you freak the fuck out.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“Shannon, can you do us all a favor and not talk to him like he's five?" Nick asked. "So his lady has some fire-breathing dragon moments. So do you. Oddly enough, no one's tried to run you off.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“Families are really fucking complicated," he said. "And that's exactly why you should spend some time with mine. They're the loudest motherfuckers I've ever met, and we give each other a lot of shit, but they're already Team Tiel." I gave him a skeptical look but he continued. "All I heard about this week was how much they wanted to meet you.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“God help me, I cannot be responsible for my actions until I've had a bagel and a cappuccino.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“I was all over the place, a non-linear ball of zigzagging shades of gray. I was hyper and hard to follow, and there was barely enough space in my head for the random thoughts living there.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations

“I don’t think you know everything, Sunshine.”
“Then maybe you should teach me something.”
His eyes widened and lingered on my lips. “Maybe you should tell me what you’d like to learn.”
I opened my mouth but he words stuck together in a choked groan. I wanted to know what his tattoos meant and what his tongue would do to me. I wanted to taste him, all of him, and I wanted to memorize the way he looked when he pushed inside me and when he orgasmed. I wanted to feel his weight on me, and I wanted to see his lips form the dirtiest words imaginable.
I wanted it all.”
― Kate Canterbary, Necessary Restorations