Sledgehammer Quotes

“You are.”
“I’m what?” he asks, his voice quiet. Cupping my face, he traces my bottom lip with the rough pad of his thumb.
“Perfect for me.”
My stomach clenches, my pride screaming in outrage that I’ve handed him the weapon of my destruction, that I may have authored my own demise with that admission.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“I guess some people only get one chance at love.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“My brainwaves flat lined. You can’t blame me––that face is a goddamn murderer of gray matter.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“Dr. Lucy Davis. That’s Davis as in her parents own the team. She’s a pediatric surgeon and just got back from Syria where she was working with Doctors Without Borders.” Whatever. I organize a canned food drive for the homeless shelter in the Bowery every Thanksgiving. Do I go around bragging about it? No.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“Don’t be mad.”
“Mad? Why would I be mad?”
“I know when you’re mad…I know when you’re trying to be mad and failing. I know when you try to hide that you’re mad. I know every single one of your countless emotions.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“How can he not know? How can he not know that he’s everything? And I realize something then, love isn’t about grand gestures and romance. It’s about forgiveness and acceptance. It’s a million tiny moments. Day in and day out, letting the person you love know that they’re valued, telling them what they mean to you every single day because there are no assurances you’ll get another.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“Did I wake you?”
He shakes his head. “Not having you next to me did,” he states casually as if he didn’t just freaking end me. I wonder if he even realizes the significance of his words.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“Camilla had mentioned a while ago that Vaughn has a string of admirers. Although, having them show up at his house? Without an invitation? I wouldn’t call it a string of admirers. I’d call it time to reevaluate your life choices, get a whole bunch of restraining orders, and most definitely an STD test.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“I don’t know what it is about him that brings out the hobgoblin in me, but every time I’m anywhere near his divine self I’m gripped by an irrational urge to kick his shins and pull his hair, to get a rise out of him. Sadly, it’s proving to be an impossible feat. The man has indifference running through his veins.”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer

“You know how they say never to go to the supermarket when you’re hungry because you’ll make some seriously ill-advised choices if you let your baser instincts rule your intellect? Yeah, the same logic applies to agreeing to see your ex-fiancée when you’ve had a soul-sucking week. I call it a perfect storm of awful circumstances. The State of New York”
― P. Dangelico, Sledgehammer