The Real Quotes

“I want to taste you in every way a man can taste a woman, savor you on my tongue and swallow. I’m dying to know what you sound like moaning my name. I’m fucking dying, Abbie, just to kiss you. But I can wait. I will wait. I will wait as long as it takes.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Love by its definition is a lie, its true definition is work and a fuck lot of it. It also means so much more than that one syllable. It’s a one-word representation of everything that can make or break a person. Love is only meant for the brave.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Look at me,” he whispered. “This is me at my worst. Please don’t do this to us.”
“I didn’t do this.”
“You’re right. I did. Love me anyway.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Hers was the love I craved all along. It was a gift. And real love is a fucking miracle. And if you’re lucky enough to find it, you throw every one of your preconceived notions away and you hold onto it with every ounce of your being, because it’s unforgiving in its wrath and if you’re not careful it will let go of you as fast as it took hold.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“I’m dangerously in love with you, so much so that I’m going to lose my fucking mind if you don’t tell me again that you feel the same.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“I need this. I needed this so much,” he declared before he shut his eyes tight. When they opened, they were full of emotion. “Tell me I can have this, tell me I can be this happy. Tell me I can have you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“What are you doing to me?” he whispered. “Strike that, I know what’s happening here.”
I let myself ask the question. I had to know. “Do you want it to happen?”
“More than anything. I hope you believe me.”
“I’ll believe you if that what you want.”
“Good. Because I want you.”
“You have me.”
“Then I’m falling in the right direction.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Why me?”
“Why not you? I’m not interested in anyfuckingthing else. Nothing. But. You. This, you and me, is all I look forward to. And it already feels better than all the woos before you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Love by its definition is a lie, its true definition is work and a fuck lot of it.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“The only thing that could trump you today, Abbie, is you tomorrow. And I don’t want to be without you tomorrow.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Just so you know, you and me, we are absolute.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Abbie, I had no idea what this would be. You have to believe I didn’t know it was you I was looking for. This, us, it means everything to me. I didn’t expect this.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Cameron,” I said, unable to put into words what I was feeling. Instead, I buried my head in his shoulder. “Where in the hell have you been?”
“Anywhere but where I needed to be,” he whispered softly.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“When did you move in?” I asked.
“Too long ago to still have packed boxes. I just wasn’t sure if I was staying here.”
“Really? Why?”
He shrugged. “I just wasn’t sure where I wanted to call home.”
“And now?”
One side of his mouth lifted. “Now, I’ve got an incentive to stick around.”
“You flatter me.”
“You fucking floor me.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“A kiss can be an introduction, statement, and a promise. I plan to make all three when you let me.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Why couldn’t you say that to me then? All I wanted was for you to say you were still there.” “I wasn’t,” she said solemnly, “I’m still not, Cameron. I’ve been posing for pictures nobody’s taking for so long, I have no idea who in the hell I am anymore.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“If all else fails, add more butter.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Someone told me once to picture something I can’t live without and then decide what trumps that, so I know the truth of what matters to me the most.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“You and I don’t deal in absolutes and perfection, remember? We’re too smart for that.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“You might not be the jealous type, but I hate the fucking thought of anyone else touching you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“No, what it was like to leave her son in a world she wasn’t sure was safe. She said she wasn’t afraid of dying. She was just afraid for me, to leave me. And this is what it felt like.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“I need you to kiss me exactly like you just did, every time you kiss me.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“A kiss can be an introduction, statement, and a promise. I plan to make all three when you let me.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“I know you have a thing for numbers, but whatever yours is, is fine with me. All I really want to know is if you want to have another cup of coffee with me?”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Just outside the window behind him, a single gold maple leaf drifted at his back before it floated toward the brightly lit sky. And from that moment on, I knew I would be measuring my Saturdays in cups.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Heat crept up my neck as he took in my Northwestern hoodie, black leggings, and Nikes. I hadn’t run a mile, but I looked like I had, and that was a bonus. Though if he saw me run, well, that would be the real tragedy.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Everything’s a Dildo if You’re Brave Enough.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“You flatter me.” “You fucking floor me.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Am I mean?” “Mean?” She laughed. “No, honey, you have a heart of gold and a mouth like no other. You are no bullshit and refuse to give false compliments. A lot of people love the bullshit, but they especially love the false compliments.” “So, I’m bitter?” “A little, but who isn’t? That comes with living, and you aren’t fresh-faced anymore. You’re no spring chicken.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real

“Our fiesta ended up taking place in a private cabin in Rockford, about ninety minutes outside of the city.”
― Kate Stewart, The Real