Discretion Quotes

“Look at you, being all romantic.”
“I’m always romantic,” he says, kissing my neck. “Because it’s impossible to be anything but a lovestruck slave around you.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion

“Our lives are made up of nothing but moments.
But I want to live in every moment with her.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion

“All this time, all these years, I’ve been looking for someone who would set my world on fire and make me new again.
It was him all along.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion

“I'm sure it's all worth it. It's just a totally different world, and it's one I doubt I'll ever understand. Our worlds couldn't be further apart.

And yet here we are. You and me. Sitting on the deck of my villa at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, drinking champagne. It looks like our worlds have collided very well.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion

“I wish I could show you off to the world. I wish everyone could see you, see how happy you make me.”
A lump forms in my throat. “I make you happy?”
“Oh, mon lapin,” he whispers, kissing me softly, “you are the only thing that’s good and pure and real in my whole life.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion

“I want to consume this man, and I want him to consume me.
I want to feel this part of him before we say goodbye and the fairy tale ends and my old life begins again. I want Olivier before it’s too late.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion

“Are you trying to, I don’t know, seduce me?”
I regret it the moment I say it.
He breaks into a devastating grin, the kind that could steal my breath away and never give it back. “Do you want me to seduce you?” he asks, running his long fingers down the length of his jaw, like he’s now considering it.
“No,” I say quickly.
I’m pretty sure I’m lying.
“Good,” he says, still smiling. I see a hint of pink tongue as he bites his lip. “Because, believe me … you wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
― Karina Halle, Discretion