The Thing About Love Quotes

“Can we just give the guy a good ass-kicking and be done with it ?"
"Unfortunately, I think they expect us to be gentlemen here."
"So we'll put on suits and ties before we kick his ass.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“I'd like to think that when two people feel that way about each other, somehow, some way, they can find a way to make it work.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Do you know how long I’ve waited for you to look at me this way?”
She assumed he was teasing her. “What are you talking about? You didn’t even like me for most of the time we’ve known each other.”
He bent his head before turning to go, his voice low and confident in her ear. “Or maybe I’m just that good of an undercover agent.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“The thing I want most is to spend the rest of my life with the one person who drives me crazy in all the best possible ways.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“When do you leave?” she asked.
His fingers paused. “Labor Day weekend.”
So soon. Only two and a half weeks away. She nodded, going for a joke. “Good. That’s about when I was planning on getting sick of you, anyway.”
“Pfft. I’m already counting down the minutes until I can make my escape from this room.”
“It’s your room.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“So you’re saying the ball’s in my court.”
He bent his head, stopping just before his mouth touched hers. “The ball has always been in your court, Jessica,” he said huskily. “From the first moment I walked up to you at the Academy.”
She looked at him for a moment. Then she stood up on her tiptoes and leaned into him.
The instant her lips touched his, John slid one hand to her waist and threaded the other in her hair.
About damn time.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“she simply wasn’t one of those adrenaline junkies who got all jazzed up over rappelling out of a helicopter, or parachuting into shark-infested waters in the middle of a hurricane, or hiding out in a muddy ditch with a sniper rifle while wearing one of those camouflage helmets with a little bush attached to it.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“I could not have written this book the way I wanted to without the insight of one such friend, Brent Dempsey. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being so generous with your time and for helping me get it right. I solemnly swear to never again use the words stakeout or perp.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“You look like you should be on a Wheaties box with this haircut.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Her eyes widened. “Ooh… was it hate sex? I’ve always wanted to have hate sex.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“I have a slight oral fixation.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“What about you? Girlfriend? Wife? Kids? Perhaps a gaggle of towheaded, extra large boys who already excel at sports and know how to make fire with the ass end of a lightning bug?”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“So here she was, running up and down rocky terrain, slogging through mud, jumping over fences, and sloshing through cold, dirty creek water—all the while hoping that her stupid tampon wasn’t leaking since, for extra fun, she’d gotten her period that day—and the entire time, all she could hear was John’s deep, rich voice shouting at her.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“No use crying over spilled Prosecco.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Oh my God, it’s not a bomb, is it? Whew. So, an FBI agent . . . what’s that like?”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“He traced his thumb over her skin. “Do you know how long I’ve waited for you to look at me this way?”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“With all due respect, sir, I'm a Ranger. If I wanted to put badass on my résumé, I think I'm set.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“For the record, you are knocking it out of the park with this speech.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“John turned to her, with streaks of dried blood along his face. “Thank goodness we got the easy job.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“He growled low in his throat. “I don’t think I can do this the nice way, Jessica.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“We’ll try to be more sympathetic to your hot nemesis problem. Is she a nightmare to work with?”
An image popped into John’s head, of him kissing Jessica against the hotel room wall in Jacksonville. He could still feel the softness of her skin and hear her breathy moan as he slid his hand underneath her dress.
Hardly the stuff of nightmares.
“It’s been… interesting.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Dear Abby: The other night I came home and found my girlfriend going for a moonlight ride on my friend’s dick . . .”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Because I love you. I think I’ve always loved you, from that very first morning in the auditorium, when you stood up and inspired our whole class with your speech. You amazed me every day at the Academy, and now that we’ve reconnected—and you’re actually being nice to me for a change. Those feelings have only gotten stronger.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Jessica..."
"Don't 'Jessica' me." She pointed. "Do you have any idea, John Shepherd, how close you came to turning my life into a Nicholas Sparks book? I never would've forgiven you for that."
John laughed hard at that. "I have no clue what that means. But if I had to guess, I'd say that what you're trying to tell me - in your saucy, Jessica Harlow way - is that you would miss me if I were gone.”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Your room or mine?”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love

“Since you’re obviously in need of something to do, instead of shouting at me through this whole drill, isn’t there some tree you could fell with your bare hands, or a boulder somewhere that needs tossing?”
― Julie James, The Thing About Love