By Any Other Name Quotes

“We spent an hour together this morning trapped in a box with no way out. And you know what I realized that hour?" "What?"
"I kind of liked a world where it was just you and me”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“You had me," she whispered, cheeks flushing at the reminder. "I did," he agreed. "But the past isn't what matters. I live in the present, Genna. I live in the now. I had you, yeah, but what I want is to have you.”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Death has been after me since I was young," Matty said. "It doesn't matter what I do… when it's ready to find me, it will.”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“His thumb grazed her lips, slightly swollen from his hard kisses, as a smile softened his expression. "I didn't think you could be more beautiful," he said, "but then you went and screamed my name." Blush”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“I'm paraphrasing, but yeah, a friend out of the Chicago organization did." "Chicago? You tried planting your seed in the DeMarco family?”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Another?" she asked, picking up the water to take another sip, this one to soothe the sting in her chest. "You said one drink." A sly smile curved his lips. "I like to keep them coming." "Is that right?" "Absolutely." He stood, leaning across the table, his lips near her ear. "Maybe you'll let me show you later." She”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“That's because I prefer it that way," he responded. "Strong and rough, enough to leave a lingering ache. I like it to hurt just a bit." Oh”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“This wasn't lust. It was something else, something greater. This wasn't want; this was need, more so than she had ever felt before. It was despair, a drowning man desperate for air, a starving man scrounging for scraps to sustain him. He clung to her, like he held on for dear life, afraid of drifting away. No, not lust. This was love. And”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Ice princess? Hardly. She was the opposite of cold. Christ, just the sight of her made Matty want to speak in fucking verse like he was Shakespeare incarnate. Genna”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Can I ask you something?" Matty's brow furrowed. "Sure." "How do you fix your hair so your horns don't show?" He”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Don't act like you Galantes are all roses," he replied. "You've got more thorns than you do petals, princess." Princess”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“I'm sorry, Genna," he said. "Really, I am. I didn't want to hurt you." "You didn't," she said, backing away from him as she tried to ignore the pain nagging her chest that suggested otherwise. Man, it did hurt. It hurt like a son of a bitch. "I'm just disappointed, Jackson.”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Sometimes you just do what you gotta do to get through them.”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“If she were a delicate ice sculpture, this stunning man was a strong marble statue.”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Wolf in sheep's clothing, maybe not, but he was undoubtedly Satan, tempting her to the dark side. Forgive me, Father, for I want nothing more than to sin and sin and sin again…”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name

“Yeah, you're right, it's not," he agreed. "For the record, though, I only tie girls up when they ask me to." His”
― J.M. Darhower, By Any Other Name