The Angels' Share Quotes

“Dont' try to own problems or faults that aren't yours. It's not a good longterm strategy.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“Because you, my darling, are like poison ivy to me. Even though I know that it will only make things worse, I can't help but scratch."

"Oh, the compliments." She smiled sadly. "You are as debonair as always.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“We were always every age we had ever been.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“We are, like fine bourbon, a different product at the end—and there is a sacrifice involved: We are made of the same core elements we were at first constructed of, but we are never the same afterward. We are permanently altered. If we are lucky and we are smart and we are freed at the right time, we are improved. If we aged too long, we are ruined forever.

Timing, like fate, is everything.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“If love were a requirement for marriage, the human race would have no need for the institution.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“Come on. I’m stuffed, so I need that ice cream now.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“You know you're the second person who has torn me apart tonight."

"Well, that's 'cause the good Lord clearly thinks you need to hear the message twice.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“Of course you're not interested in him. He's not a hot mess of self-destruction.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“On a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is Sunday church and 10 is the last frat party you attended, how drunk are you currently?"

"Actually, I was typically drunk in church on Sunday's too, but I'd give me a 6, unless I had to take a field sobriety test. Then maybe a 7 1/2”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“We are made of the same core elements we were at first constructed of, but we are never the same afterward. We are permanently altered. If we are lucky and we are smart and we are freed at the right time, we are improved. If we are aged too long, we are ruined forever. Timing, like fate, is everything.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“But love had a funny way of giving you faith in the one who loved you back. And nothing was guaranteed in life, neither riches nor health. At the end of the day, you just had to let yourself go ... and the best place to land was in the arms of a good man.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“It was good to be where you belong... And best to do the things you can live with. Even if it killed you in the short run.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“Possessions weren't the thing. The car your drove and the house you lived in and the clothes you wore...were nothing but vocabulary. They weren't the true communication that mattered, they weren't the connections that were important.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share

“My client's arrived, I can tell the purr of a Porsche anywhere. It's like the sound of a woman's orgasm--something you never forget."

Turning away, he paused at the archway. "Something for you to work toward with her, Richard. Good luck with that, and call me if you need any instruction. I gave her her first one.”
― J.R. Ward, The Angels' Share