Retrieval Quotes

“This is why men get a bad rap. Y’all do stupid shit then try to justify it by saying crap like, ‘For a man, it’s different.’ Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but if a man is kind, loving, respectful, makes a woman laugh, knows how to open the pickle jar, and change a flat tire, we really don’t need much else.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“Something had broken between us. But, in the process, something had also been repaired.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“He was mine.
And I had always been his.
No one else.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“I fucked up. I fucked up. I fucked up. I know this now. I should have talked to you. But, in the throes of failing the only woman I’ve ever loved, the words didn’t come easily.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“I can fix this,” he declared.
“Stop.”
“I can fix us” he swore.
“Please, stop.”
“I can fix us.”
“Hush.” I kissed his chest.
“I will fix us, Elisabeth,” he vowed. “Mark my words. I will not spend my life without you.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“You were busy crying into my chest. And holding my shoulders like you couldn’t get close enough. Then falling asleep in my arms like it was the only place you ever fucking belonged … Which it fucking is.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“my stomach.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“I will fix us, Elisabeth,” he vowed. “Mark my words. I will not spend my life without you.” How do you argue with that?”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“Desperation was one hell of a motivator.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“But how do you throw a lifeline when you yourself don’t even have a rope to hold on to? I might have been able to keep her afloat for another day, but I’d never have been able to pull her back to me.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but if a man is kind, loving, respectful, makes a woman laugh, knows how to open the pickle jar, and change “a flat tire, we really don’t need much else. If I needed insurance, food, a house, or clothes, I would get off my ass, get a job, and get that stuff myself. What I can’t get on my own is a good, kind, loving, respectful man who makes me laugh, knows how to open a pickle jar, and change a flat tire.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“I’m serious,” I defended.
“You’re a lot of things. But serious is not one of them. I get inside you, I’ll have my ring back on your finger by tomorrow night.”
Oh, hell no! We are not going back down that road.
I gave him a hard shove. “You will not. Don’t even think about it. That is not what this is about.”
He smirked. “Don’t worry, baby. I’m not proposing.”
That mildly relaxed me.
Well, until his lips descended upon mine and he said, “But you’ll still say yes,” a half second before taking my mouth.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“I would have promised her the entire fucking universe if it had made her stay one night longer.”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval

“Countless tears. Helplessness. Failure. Failure. Failure. Her broken heart. My empty chest. Thirty-seven”
― Aly Martinez, Retrieval