Arrows Through Archer Quotes

“Do you know how beautiful you are? And not just this.” He traced his finger along my jawline, the tip of his thumb brushing my bottom lip. “You’ve got this old soul, and it’s serene and hushed and reminds me of the smell when it’s storming outside.”
“Mallory.”
Because that was all the world was to me from that point on.
Mallory.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Ah, Archer. We always hurt the ones we love."
"Why's that, do you think?"
"So that we know they love us too.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“So,” Danny said with his mouth full of toast. He looked at Archer. “Does this mean I have to call you Mom?”
“Yes,” Archer replied, stone-faced.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“She doesn’t like puzzles.” Finally, Mallory turned to me, his eyes alight. “I want to be with a woman who likes puzzles.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Do you know how to peel potatoes?” he asked. “I’m a bad cook, not a moron.” He”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“I do. I love it. I’ve never seen anything more beautiful. Or anything that I knew was made… just for me.” “I know exactly how you feel.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Sometimes, words meant nothing. Other times, they meant far, far too much.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Do you think some people only have a certain amount of love inside of them? Or a certain amount of fucks to give? Because I do. And I think I've reached my quota.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“That was the strange thing about misery: it loved company.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“We can’t keep loving ghosts, Mallory.” And for the last time, his eyes met mine. “It’s not that easy, Archer.” “Well, I guess we’re both about to find out if it’s any easier loving one more.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“It would take a stronger man than me not to kiss you at least once. I had to know.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Puzzles make you happy, don’t they?” Sharpshooter by nature, my instincts told me to go in for the kill. “It’s not the puzzles that make me happy, Mallory.” Immediately, his eyes locked with mine. “Don’t do this to me, Archer.” “Okay.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“She doesn’t like puzzles. Or whiskey.” “There’s nothing wrong with that.” “I know.” “You don’t like puzzles either, Mallory.” “I know that too.” “What does she like?”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Sometimes words weren’t enough. Sometimes words weren’t anything at all. So instead of using useless tools in a moment surrounded by darkness pushing at its edges, slowly, I reached out and laced my fingers with his. Without saying a word, he squeezed my hand and didn’t let go.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Go to work. Try to fight off the overwhelming loneliness. You?” “Hang out with your son. Pretend I’m not gay. Wallow in self-pity.” The honesty of our admissions might have shocked us. The air was full of some unknown atom—a particle that existed only here and now and only between us. That was the strange thing about misery: it loved company. We began to laugh.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“There was no light at the end of the tunnel because there was no fucking tunnel. There was a pit and in that pit was nothing but darkness. In the center, stood I.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Sweetheart, you can do whatever you want. I don’t have it in me to say no to you.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“What are we doing, Archer?” Mallory asked. Falling in love, I thought. But instead I said, “Kissing.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“But I didn’t look away, and neither did he. Maybe if this universe of ours was different. Maybe if everything was different and the sky was the ocean and the clouds were the soil. Maybe if life hadn’t engrained me with apprehension or uncertainty or a longing for some things I obviously could not have. Maybe then, we would’ve had words for each other.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“How are you feeling?” Mallory asked, walking slowly toward the side of the bed, hands shoved deep into his pockets. Alone. Hopeless. Exhausted. Like the world, no matter its small charms, was fading in on itself. “Fine,” I replied.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“He didn’t actually run around like a kid in a candy store, but part of me thought he might’ve wanted to.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“But I didn’t because I’m an idiot with no sense of self-preservation and he’s my best friend.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“He might’ve still looked like an angel, but even from a mile away, I would be able to see the devil on his shoulder.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“I burst like a shaken bottle of champagne to the sound of Mallory saying my name, the feel of uneven wood beneath my fingertips and my lover buried inside me.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“You’ve got this old soul, and it’s serene and hushed and reminds me of the smell when it’s storming outside.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“The words came out like a plea, dressed prettily in a tone I’d never heard from my voice.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Turns out I’m a little too gay for some small-town idiots.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“We hadn’t exchanged many words but in words’ absence, I’d found a certain type of solitude in watching.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“You’re like a brother to me, Archer. You’re not perfect, but no one is. And if I met a billion people on this planet, I’d still choose you. You and your silent fucking depression—you and your quiet heart and your fear of living.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer

“Because the only way I can sleep at night is imagining that my parents might be proud of me for doing so.”
― Nash Summers, Arrows Through Archer