Tin Queen Quotes

“We survive the goodbyes so when a hello comes along, we appreciate its beauty.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“If you’re looking for your future over your shoulder, you’re turned the wrong way.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“If there was a miracle to be had in my life, I wanted it to be him.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

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― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Today was the first annual Clifton Forge Motorcycle Club charity ride. Pride swelled in my chest as Emmett turned to Dash. The two friends—two brothers—shared a look that made it hard to breathe. This ride was for their fathers. For Draven. For Stone.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Five months later, when the forest was teeming with wildflowers and the smell of spring infused the air, we stood in that clearing. Emmett made me his wife. He became my husband. And we stepped into the future, forging a life together, and leaving the past on the road behind us.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“God, how I had missed her. How I’d craved her. If there were any doubts about this, they disappeared the moment her tongue tangled with mine and the world melted away. The past melted away. I kissed her until she was breathless, then pulled away to drown in those dark coffee eyes. “Hey, baby.” A smile stretched across her face. A smile I hoped to see every day for the rest of my life. “Hi, Ace.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Emmett, if you’re looking for your future over your shoulder, you’re turned the wrong way.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Never be sorry for the truth. I’m not sorry. It hurts, but I’m not sorry.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Bryce Slater herself had written the article. It stated that one of the garage employees had started the fire on accident. In the public police report, Emmett had been named that employee and that he’d be paying a fine. He’d taken the blame. He’d protected me. Now it was my turn to repay that favor.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Bryce Slater herself had written the article. It stated that one of the garage employees had started the fire on accident. In the public police report, Emmett had been named that employee and that he’d be paying a fine.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“No one does. The true goodbyes are usually the most painful moments in our lives. But they’re a part of it. We survive the goodbyes so when a hello comes along, we appreciate its beauty.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Then say it was me. I got drunk. Came out here and was messing around. Started the fire on accident. Consider this my official confession.” “Hell, Emmett,” Luke muttered. Maybe I wasn’t going to ask him to ignore this, but I was still going to ask for a favor. And if I had to play all my chips as his friend, then so be it. “Is she worth it?” “Yes.” To save Nova this trouble, I’d take the fall.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“I closed my eyes and for just a moment, I wasn’t June Johnson. I wasn’t Tucker Talbot’s daughter. Emmett wasn’t my enemy, and this wasn’t all part of some grand scheme to get my revenge. For just a moment, I was a woman who shared a primal attraction with this sexy man. This man who pushed me to shed my inhibitions and be free.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“He told me that a king was nothing without his queen. That the two most important cards in a deck were the ace and the queen. You want the ace up your sleeve. And you need the queen at your back because women fight dirty.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“The tattoo I touched was of two cards. A queen. And an ace.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Her dark hair framed her face, spilling over her shoulders and down her spine.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“The Warriors had been a rival club back in the days of the Tin Gypsies. Now, they seemed intent on ruining our lives, even though most of them were in prison.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“Emmett smiled. It came easy. It was entirely sexy. And I liked that he could smile. I also liked that one day, I’d be the woman to wipe that fucking smile off his face.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“His chocolate-brown hair was tied into a knot at the crown of his head. His face was covered in a short beard.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“1969 Chevy Nova Coupe”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“The man was a magnet, and I was cheap metal, helpless against the tug.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“I hadn’t even known I was lost, yet here I was, found in Emmett’s arms.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“My name, my family, my motivation from the beginning had been a lie. But the moments together, our moments, those had been as real as anything in my life. The moments when we’d falling in love.
I did love him.
He loved me too.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“I loved her. Entirely. But how could I trust her? How could I know if any of it had been real?
My Nova didn’t exist.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“How had that happened? How had he gone from the enemy to the one man I trusted?”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“No good will come of me getting attached to you.”
“Too late.”
Her mouth parted on a gasp I couldn’t hear.
I leaned in closer, bending so that my nose was barely touching hers. “Too fucking late.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“The man was slashing through my defenses one night at a time. The longer I stayed, the more it would hurt in the end. But I couldn’t bring myself to leave.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen

“I was in trouble.
What was wrong with me? It was only sex. This was just part of the plan. So why couldn’t I detach from him?
Every moment spent with Emmett was infuriating because he was so goddamn perfect. He was not who he should have been. He was not the monster I’d expected.
…
Emmett was so…everything.”
― Devney Perry, Tin Queen