Sleight of Hand Quotes

“Kind of a culture shock, huh? I felt so weird after I went to a baby shower for Gabe’s sister before we got married. I felt sick halfway through and wanted to leave.” I pull the phone away from my face, glaring down at the thing as if it personally offended me before putting it back to my ear. “I felt that exact same way. Why did you never tell me?”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“But he still walked away from me. He didn’t fight for me. He didn’t hold me and tell me that he wanted more. So there’s a chance he isn’t. Or maybe I’m not his one, when I so desperately want to be. It happens like that sometimes. Unrequited feelings are a real thing. People suffer with it daily. I just know I can’t do it any longer. I can’t face him. I’m not strong enough.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Hope is so easy to build and so easy to crush.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Grand gestures are nice as well, but the apologies that always stood out the most to me were the ones when PopPop actually opened his mouth and told me what he was sorry for and why. When he used his words. Sounds simple, but apologies are anything but if you think about it.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“I could call Wren, but I already know what his advice would be. He’d tell me to tie her up, duct tape her mouth, and only take it off to choke her with my cock until she agrees to hear me out. I get the feeling that Leighton wouldn’t agree to those terms, but my dick seems to think trying it would be worth it.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“when my tears drip into my pillow, I don’t count them because my face is buried in the fabric. If they never meet the air then they don’t exist, right?”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Yep,” Kit says, responding to Brooks. “And he’s just now realizing it too.” “And from that sour look on his face,” Finn adds. “He’s already fucked it up.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Upon walking into BBS, I’m either homicidal or suicidal and honestly, I haven’t decided which. I consider myself a very sane person, always have, but I’m starting to understand a little why people lose their shit when they lose a significant other or get their heart broken. I press my fingers to my chest as I walk into the breakroom. Is this what heartbreak feels like? Shit. No wonder people swear off love.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Or the time he tripped right in front of the head cheerleader in high school?” Tyler adds. “He was an awkward child,” Lala says. “Very clumsy,” Dad confirms. “We had him tested for neurological problems,” Mom says.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“She said you’ll be gentle when you deflower me.” Gaige throws his head back and laughs, drawing the attention of every single person on the patio.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“What if she rejects me and I never have her that way again? What if she gives me exactly what I ask of her, and I’m not ready for that either?”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“He’s gone maybe a few minutes, and I give him the privacy everyone deserves after great sex before he returns with a washcloth. He doesn’t toss it, hitting me in the face with it this time. He crawls up the bed, spreads me wide and wipes me with the warm cloth. I’ve fucked this man three times, let him come down my throat, orgasmed on his mouth more than once, and I’ve never wanted to cover my eyes until this moment. It’s more intimate than anything else we’ve ever done.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Forget?” I nod. “You want me to just forget that I know what it feels like when you come on my cock? On my mouth? What my name sounds like when you whimper it? What your pussy tastes like? That’s impossible, Leighton.” I blink, my ears not believing what I just heard.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Men suck. All of them. Every last one.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“I’m all about sexual freedom, but it’s pieces of shit like him that make it impossible for women—or men if the tables were turned—to enjoy no-strings sex because there’s always someone in the group who fucks it all up by being a horrible human being. There are women who would sleep with married men with their eyes wide open to that fact. Bamboozling women who aren’t interested is the lowest of low.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“Her body locks up, muscles hardening, and I have to grip her throat to hold her to me. I fuck her through it, relishing in the sound she makes even when her body seems incapable of doing anything other than fluttering down the length of me.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“We both groan in pleasure, her head rolling forward and smacking the painting. She chuckles, but I can’t have her hurting herself, so I grip a handful of her hair and angle her head back, resting it on my shoulder. She mentioned liking a little aggression, and this is part of that. I anticipate her telling me to stop if she grows uncomfortable, but her low groan tells me that she likes what I’m doing.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“You’ve touched my cock. You know you’re going to have to open up a little more for me than that.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand

“She whimpers when I pull my hand free. Clearly it’s too much of a distraction for her, but I press my palm flat to her stomach and urge her against my straining erection against her back.”
― Marie James, Sleight of Hand