Exposed Quotes

“I have to act the way I always do with you. Because otherwise they’ll see.” He flings his arm in the direction of the dining room, color rising over his cheeks. “They’ll all know how much I want you. That I’m fucking aching to touch you.”
My breath leaves in a whoosh, and his comes out in a pant.
“They’ll see right through me,” he whispers hotly. “I couldn’t let them know that, Bren. Not if we want to keep us a secret.”
“There is no us.”
His eyes flash. “Bullshit.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I know you,” he says softly, firmly. “I’ve spent years trying not to learn you, and failing.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“This man is mine. My friend. My lover. My home. My heart.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I want to be yours. I want you to be mine. Wherever I land, whatever I’m doing. Because I…I adore you.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Letting her go was never an option.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I’m good, Bren. I’ll do whatever you want, for as long as you want. I’ll make certain you’re taken care of, and I won’t tell a soul.”
Jesus, I can’t breathe.
“So selfless,” I murmur. “And what to you get out of all of this?”
“You … I get you.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“It’s different when it matters. She matters. Of course, she matters. She’s been a part of me for so long, I wouldn’t know how to function if she were gone.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“My dear, I was talking about loving yourself. If you don’t do that first, you’re always going to push away those who try to love you.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Whatever the gender, whatever the sexual orientation, we all suffer the same pitfalls and have to weed through the same bullshit when it comes to finding happiness.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Brenna, the way that man looks at you is not that of a friend.”
“We barely look at each other.”
“And in those non-looks, everything is exposed. He is either in love with you or falling fast.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” he says, almost lightly, like he’s not slicing into my heart. I’ve spent my entire adult life either wanting you or wanting to forget you.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I don’t want us to be a mistake, Bren.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“She’s finally let me in. And I’m going to take the chance, for however brief it might be. Even if I crash and burn and don’t survive the wreck. Because I can’t do anything less and still comfortably breathe.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Everything is different.
In the words of “Amazing Grace”: “I once was lost, but now I am found. Was blind, but now I see.”
Yes, I’ve taken to quoting hymns in my head. That’s what Brenna has done to me. It’s terrifying. But I’m strangely happy about being terrified.
In short, I’m one messed-up dude.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“It’s primal and inescapable. That I’m experiencing this with Rye does funny things to my head, makes the room around me blur. All I can feel is him. He’s all I can see.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“It’s almost too much, this connection. Sex is supposed to be fun, a release. Instead I’m aching, so hot I can’t breathe properly.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I know how to fuck. I excel at fucking. This isn’t fucking. I’m not sure what to call it. But it’s definitely more.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Brenna James has me by the balls, and I don’t want her to let go.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I don’t want or need their commentary. This is ours.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I want to fuck you, Brenna. I want that so badly, I’ll do whatever it takes to have you.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Every man has a weakness. Every dog has its day. Those two truths collided in spectacular fashion the second I learned that Brenna James – my one true weakness – is in desperate need of great sex.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I wanted to be wanted. Craved above all things. Needed with a breathless devotion.
I want to be seen, not just as a quick fix – but as something essential. And I wanted to crave3 someone too.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“And while we’re eating pizza and arguing whether Dean’s ’67 Impala is the best muscle car ever,”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Hey, it’s Supernatural. Castiel is my boy.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Okay, the Star Trek thing is annoying but Supernatural, Kills? How can you hate on Dean and Sam?”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“There’s a Supernatural marathon on. They’re starting from the pilot.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I’m not drunk,” she protests, taking the bait. “I’m simply…cocktail-induced happy.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“fundraising”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“I always was."
"Always was what?"
"Yours." Tender hands cup my cheeks. "I've always been yours. And you... you already are my everything. You're my music, Bren.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed

“Change is terrifying when it isn't your choice.
But here, with Brenna's funny little snores buffeting my chest, it hits me with calm certainty that music isn't the entirety of my heart and soul. It no longer owns me completely. She's there too, in my heart and soul. A touchstone in the darkness of uncertainty.”
― Kristen Callihan, Exposed