Exhale Quotes

“When two werewolves are mated, we bite to leave a permanent mark that announces belonging," he explained.
"Right. Kind of like wedding bands, only for freaks.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“When I'd asked, he'd simply grunted and opened up his smartphone to do whatever the fuck werewolves did online. Probably stalking vampires on Tinder, because why the hell wouldn't those be real, too?”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“He started unfastening my belt and I lost my English even though I didn’t have another language to fall back on.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“He probably came out of the womb, cut his own umbilical cord and said, “Milk, bitch.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“Hey, honey, my car's due for an oil change, and while you're at it, let's talk about how I turn into a giant furry nightmare on full moons.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“Listen, kid. I know you understand more than everyone thinks. Now, I’m gonna tell you what I told Ellie on her first day of school. Everything worth doing starts out scary. You’re gonna make friends and play games and do crafts and eat snacks, and you’re gonna have so much fun you won’t even wanna leave, but you’ve gotta take that first step. And I’m going to be right down the hall.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“Among others," he answered. "Our race it ancient. We're always at war.
"Sounds like a real hoot.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale

“Her name is Ellie.” Ben gave me that other look. The tired, “I’m trying to be progressive, but you people just make it so damn hard,” look every halfway decent person in town gave me whenever I stood up for my daughter. The thing fathers were supposed to do. The same look Francesca had always given me when I corrected her and it was just the two of us.”
― Joel Abernathy, Exhale