The Forbidden Man Quotes

“My heart,” he murmurs, “it beats for you, Thalia. Now and always. I love you. Te amo. And this love burns like the sun.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“My path in life leads right into your arms.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“You’re worth it!” I yell. “You’re worth everything to me, more than the game, more than anything else I hold dear in the world. Fuck, Thalia, you are my world and everything in it. You are my sun, my heart.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“Te amo.” I lick my lips, feeling like my heart might explode. “I love you Alejo, and I can’t…I can’t feel or think of anything else but that. I love you.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“This isn’t over between us. It’s just beginning. I’ve had a taste of you. I’m not going to want anything else.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“This man is going to destroy you. But wouldn’t it be a beautiful way to go?”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“For telling me your truth. The truth that hurts the most is the truth that needs to be told.”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“I have a lot of questions for her. I want”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“My past has such a hold on me, like I’m stopped at a red light that never changes, waiting for that green light that never comes.”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“the thought of putting myself out there makes my body suddenly seize up, my chest feeling heavy and suffocating, like it’s filling with poured concrete.”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“When you’re young it just seems so much easier. You’re not set in your ways yet. The world is open to you, as are the people in it. Even though I know forty isn’t old at all, it’s old enough that little things like friendship are harder to come by.”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“¿Por qué? That means why. Are they too pretty for you?”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“I know how it feels to grieve when the loss becomes a phantom, just thin wisps of smoke trailing to the sky. I don’t think you’ll ever feel as alone as you do when you’re alone with grief.”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“He kissed me and my world started over. A blank slate. Erasing the past. Creating a future. A future in which I am totally and utterly fucked.”
― Karina Halle, The Forbidden Man

“My heart is your heart. Your heart is my home.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“Listen to me, mi Corazon... I love you. I love you for the person you are now and the person you will be. I’m very aware that you’ll change and so will I. But what I feel for you won’t. Don’t you see what we have. This,” I press my lips to hers before pulling back and searching her eyes, “this goes beyond looks. This is about a connection of the souls. It’s how we knew we were meant for each other the moment we laid eyes on each other. And that connection, that’s not going to go away with age. It’s only going to strengthen.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“This is my favourite view,” he says to me. “You, beneath me, smiling. Don’t ever change.”
“Don’t ever stop fucking me like this,” I tell him, briefly sticking out my tongue.
His lips curl in a lopsided smile and he leans in, kissing me.
This, this, this.
I want this forever.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“He sighs, closing his eyes. “I hate this,” he says softly. He lets his head fall to the side and looks at me. His eyes seem to dig straight into my heart. “Why do we have to hide? I don’t want to hide.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“He pulls back just enough to stare into my eyes with this dark, raw desire. “I’m going to worship you.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“He has some kind of power over me that’s going to be my downfall.
This man is going to destroy you.
But wouldn’t it be a beautiful way to go?”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man

“That’s what marriage does to you. It makes you become a part of someone until you can’t recognize yourself anymore, until all you see is the other person. In good marriages, that’s a godsend. In bad marriages…it makes you realize you’ve lost yourself and you have no idea how to get your soul back.”
― Karina Halle, The Younger Man