The Slow Burn Quotes

“Give me five more seconds.”
“Why? Just to stand in the bathroom and hold me?”
“Yeah.”
My God. This man.
I moved my hand to stroke his beard at his jaw, whispering, “Toby.”
“Waited a long time for this five seconds.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“He tasted her, finally tasted Adeline…
And what was left of him she didn’t already have was lost.
To her.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“Life wasn’t about disappointment. Life was a journey. The journey of finding what I’d seen on my sister’s face the night before. Finding your place. Finding your people. And settling in so when those cold winds blew, you had warmth to see you through.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“She gave him another soft look before she hid it and sassed, “You’re into me too.”
“Totally into you,” he admitted openly.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“You Gamble men really don’t fuck around, do you?”
“No, babe, we don’t.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“By the by, Johnny and Izzy’s son grew up best friends with Addie and Toby’s boy. Like brothers. And Addie and Toby’s daughter grew up best friends with Johnny and Izzy’s girl. Just like sisters. Brooks happily took the role as big brother to all. But Brooks? He grew up and married a beautiful girl named Margot.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“Life,” she continued. “A journey to find your place. Your people.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“It was about being reminded about the magnificence of the universe, and how you were an integral part of it, and you should not waste a moment, you should find time to savor its beauty while you had your time amongst its majesty.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“I love you loads, Talon McHotterson.” “And I love you loads back, Lollipop McGorgeouson.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“I hate that Izzy has to walk down the aisle with Charlie. Nothing against Charlie. He earned that honor looking out for her all those years before she met Johnny. But I wish Mom was walking her down the aisle. I wish Mom could put her hand in the hand of a Gamble man. Mix moonlight with motor oil.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“love from afar is a lot different than love from up close.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“What I feel for her, it’s more than you think. It isn’t about finding someone else to ask out. I don’t even see other women anymore. But some guy is eventually gonna see her and I cannot be around to watch that.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“Do not ever, to anyone, for any reason, get into debt, my queens, she’d said, more than once. A kind-hearted soul can be a lender, but a borrower you should never be. Debt is a string. Strings tie you down. And I want my queens to fly free.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“you’re about to hear the most important thing a man can tell you. That’s what you do. That’s your job. The most important job you’ll ever have. You find a woman and you let her live with her head in the clouds. But even if you’re flyin’ a plane or swimmin’ with the dolphins, you keep your feet firm on the ground so you can keep an eye on her. Don’t ever take your eye off her, boy, don’t ever let her crash to the ground.” Dave fell silent a moment and his voice was gruff when he finished. “Let her fly.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn

“If the apology is true, my beautiful queens, a genuinely kind heart is an open heart you never close against anybody.”
― Kristen Ashley, The Slow Burn