Built Quotes

“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“After everything the past has tried to bury us under, we owe it to ourselves to be brave, to do more than float.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I choose you, Sayer. Lover, lawyer, and all the shit you are in between that, I choose it. I choose us. when you’re ready to accept that, you come find me.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work. —Thomas A. Edison”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“Sure. She’s classy, elegant, made of sturdy stuff, expensive as hell to keep running and keep pretty. She’s only good to me if I’m good to her, so obviously she’s a girl.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“What did the lawyer say?” I couldn’t stop the little snicker that slipped out as I sat back up in the seat and laced my fingers behind my head.
“Before or after I kissed her?”
“Zeb!” My mom gave me a hard look and my sister just shook her head.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I don't need luck. I have you.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I didn't want to be the thing that made her shatter. She might be a problem solver but I was Mr. Fixit. I didn't break things, I repaired them.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“Everything was tied together with thin threads of fate, and when one loosened or tightened it was surprising how impactful it could be.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“Where you have been doesn't define who you are, Zeb. I told you that when we first met that I understand that people make mistakes.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“In the next minute your pants are coming off, my dick is coming all the way out, I’m getting suited up, and then I’m going to be so deep inside of you that all those fears, all that hesitation you’re watching me through, won’t have any room to fit. There’s only going to be room for me and the way we feel when we’re together.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I liked kissing, I liked the press of mouths together, and the way you could tell what kind of man you had on your hands by how skilled or terrible he was at such a simple act. I liked that kissing was intimate and involved without having to have all your cards on the table, but more than any of that, I like that kissing spoke to exactly how into you the guy laying it on you was. If it was a peck on the cheek or a brush on the lips it meant there was no spark, if there was a closed lip press and no tease of the tongue it meant that he found you attractive and kissable but probably wasn't going to put forth the effort to be worthy of you. If there was a nibble of teeth and swirl of the tongue there was promise and potential than there was whatever Zeb was doing to me. It felt like conquering a victory. A battle fought and won. If felt like he was trying to make it so I would never be able to kiss anyone else in my life without having to compare it to this moment”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I was caught up in the tempest of this woman and I was in no hurry to get myself free of her.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“If there was such a think as being tragically flawless and ferociously immaculate, then those were conditions that she definitely suffered from.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“You can't deny that there is something there between us when we get close to one another that is completely unprofessional. I want your help, Sayer, but I want you, too.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“You seem....unsettled." Was "unsettled" another word for horny enough to climb the walls? Because if so, then yes, I was most definitely unsettled.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“It felt like he was trying to make it so I would never be able to kiss anyone else in my life without having to compare it to this moment.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“She might be a problem solver but I was Mr. Fixit. I didn’t break things, I repaired them.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“Is that a Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster behind your desk?” I couldn’t keep the humor and stunned shock out of my voice. She laughed and pulled me toward the kitchen. “Team Spike forever.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“They all had spouses and lovers who took some work and yet they never complained or asked for anyone easier.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“That's your truth, Say. It isn't mine. Neither of us knows what is going to happen beyond this moment.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“He grinned at me before putting the glass up to his lips and I wanted to have a serious talk with my vagina for not even kind of taking notice or perking up.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I pulled him to me, planted my mouth over his, and kissed the shit out of him. It was one of the greatest and boldest moments of my life, right next to moving and tracking down my brother.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“My truth is that I like the woman you are with me and I like the woman you are in court. I like the woman you are with your brother and the way you fought to be his family. I like the woman I first met at the Bar that didn’t judge me when I told her I had been to prison. I like the woman that lets a scared young woman use her house as a sanctuary and leaves a bright red wall in her kitchen to make that same young woman happy. I like the woman who looks at my son and sees that he is everything and is willing to fight for him just because I asked her to. My truth is that you could never be anything other than fascinating and amazing, Sayer, and I fucking hate that you think you are anything else than all of that.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“That’s your truth, Say. It isn’t mine. Neither of us knows what is going to happen beyond this moment.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I could take itty-bitty baby steps toward not analyzing how every single decision I made would ultimately affect me. I could wear pink shoes because they were cute and not worry about getting looked down upon for that choice. Only my father could take something as simple as a pair of shoes and turn them into a reflection of a person’s worth and perceived shortcomings.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“saw him exchange a look with his beautiful girlfriend and then he dipped his chin down in a little nod at whatever unspoken communication passed between the two of them. That kind of connection, that tie to another person, seemed so dangerous to me that it made my heart squeeze painfully tight in my chest. They could hurt one another with such ease.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
—Ann Landers”

Excerpt From: Crownover, Jay. “Built.” HarperCollins, 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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― Jay Crownover, Built

“«I muri sono crollati. Il terreno è stato livellato. Puoi costruire tutto quello che vuoi. Sono una pagina bianca».
Aveva trovato un modo di comunicare con me che non potevo ignorare. Le sue parole erano un balsamo che guariva tutte le ferite lasciate dalle sue azioni. Mi aveva detto che potevo farla mia, che potevamo finalmente costruire il nostro futuro, insieme.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“«Tu sei sempre nei miei piani, Sayer. Quelli non sono mai cambiati».
Quelle parole mi riempirono il cuore, perché questa volta non avevo intenzione di deluderlo. Potevamo vincere entrambi, e questa volta la vittoria sarebbe durata per sempre.”
― Jay Crownover, Built