Laces Quotes

“I wasn’t sure if I should get a restraining order, or swoon…”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“If he wants sex you make sure he goes down for dinner first. He needs to stir the pot before adding any more ingredients. Capeesh?”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Everyone go ahead and write down your goals for the day. Please remember to be REALISTIC.” Her eyes shot to Thorne. “Winning a million dollars and hiring a harem of exotic strippers is not realistic, Thorne.” Thorne rolled his eyes and dropped his head back. “Way to kill a dream, Maroon.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“caressing the side of my cheek as though I were the most fragile object in the world—and whispered “I don’t beg Stray, but you will.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Meet me there in ten minutes and I’ll rectify your situation.” “No.” Laces’ jaw clenched. “I wasn’t asking for your permission.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“You don’t touch what’s mine; you don’t speak about what’s mine. Because if you do I’ll make my sketches a reality and gut you in your sleep.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“SHE IS MINE.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“If you have a fuckin’ problem, you take it up with the king. Not the servants. Understand?”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“I’m classified legally insane by the beautiful state of North Carolina.” He took a step forward and toyed with the sleeve of the black and red flannel shirt tied around his jeans. “I don’t have to wear shit if I don’t want to. Now stop giving me a hard time and start ringing shit up.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“A bad boy will close the door that’s been left open, fix the debt you acquired because the good boy, shithead, was off spoiling his mistress, and he will close the hole left in your heart.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“I’m going to give you some truth— and for just a minute I want you to block out the good girl part of your brain, soak it in, and—Live. With. Me.” Laces instructed in a serious tone.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“One of these days her mother is going to have to accept that her daughter was a lying, cheating whore. Not that there's anything wrong with whores—I bag them all the time—but own your shit.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“I did the right thing and I still ended up here. Where’s the justice in that, Thorne? Laces? Reyes? Varla? Do you think it’s fair that a rapist sleeps comfortably every night, while I’m bound by the state of North Carolina to be here?”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“The reporter held up his finger. “So she cheated, but did she deserve to die for it?” Thorne shrugged. “Did I deserve to be cheated on?”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Hey Gambrielle, my name is Thorne Walsh, and I’m from Venice, California.” Reyes’ voice was back at my ear, “Why does he sound like a contestant on The Bachelorette?”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Laces placed a soft kiss on my forehead. “Shhh, bumblebee.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“What makes you think I read?” I could hear his pencil stop. “Your wrists.” I yawned. “What about them?” There was a long pause. “Scars like that make you want to escape the world.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“If anyone’s body parts go missing I had nothing to do with it, LINCOLN CASTER is the culprit.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Even if I wasn’t worth someone’s time or effort, she should’ve upheld her loyalty and presented me as a black knight, a prince, or whatever bullshit the women fantasized over these days.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“No, I was the bastard shooting the go-fuck-yourself bullets at close range in the brain, and on occasion, the comedic relief.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“You and I are entitled to three things.” He held up three fingers and began ticking them off, “1) a drug problem, 2) four ex-wives bleeding our bank accounts dry, and 3) a sultry mistress in the Hamptons.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“for me to become that bastard who had just told his soul mate that he enjoyed chicken wings and fuckin’ her morbidly obese sister.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“It was like watching an episode of Jerry Springer, and not just any episode, but a real cringe-worthy one; the kind that made you put down the chips and beer and start taking serious notes after the first chair was thrown.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“His eyes flashed to mine. “I’m writing song lyrics.” And when my forehead creased in confusion he gave me a look, “Snuff by Slipknot.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“I’ve spent the last eight years living with the devil reincarnated. If I can survive him, I can survive anything. NOW MOVE.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Reyes was in love with her. They had picked out china patterns, so shit was serious. Said girlfriend was unaware of his feelings, or that he even existed. The stalking charges were dropped in exchange for being committed.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“The guys Dr. Young was referring to were Reyes Park, Varla English, and Thorne Walsh—the only three people at Hawthorne whose crazy matched my own.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Well maybe she needs to clean the cum out of her eyes and take a second look!”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“The state of North Carolina would beg to differ.”
― Tempi Lark, Laces

“Oh God. What did Hannibal Sketcher do to me?”
― Tempi Lark, Laces