Off to the Races Quotes

“Fucking my employee is off the table. The farm is in too much trouble. But fucking with my employee… now that’s another story altogether. Off to the races, honey.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Why don't you introduce me to the new man in my life?"
"He's going to be a lot of work, Billie."
"Of course, he is, Hank. Men always are.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“How long you been staring at me, Boss Man?” she mutters. “Since day one,” I whisper in her ear. “Take the sappy shit somewhere else, Vaughn.” I snort. “There she is.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“She’s a live wire, and I am the idiot happy to see what happens when I pick up the loose end. When those walls come down, and I know they will, she and I will light each other on fire.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Off to the races, honey.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Sometimes silence is what a person really needs.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Two broken people, damaged by the ones meant to love them the most, finding solace in each other’s arms.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Passive aggressiveness is a tactic reserved for hormonal teenagers and simple-minded adults.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Let me redefine that line you keep talking about: you are more than my employee and I am more than your boss. I’m done giving you space that we both don’t want. It’s not at all complicated. You’ll work with me during the day and underneath me at night. Every night. There will be no tiptoeing. There will be no running. There will be no one else.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“How long you been staring at me, Boss Man?”
“Since say one.”
“Take the sappy shit somewhere else, Vaughn.”
I snort. “There she is.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Maybe I’ve finally found what I’ve been searching for. These people. This place. That horse. Sitting together on a hay bale beside the man I love. What could be better?”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“I can’t put my finger on when I fell in love with him anymore. It just feels like I’ve loved him forever. Like our hearts have been intertwined for so long that cutting his from mine is causing me to bleed out.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Eyes open, Billie,” he rumbles as he squeezes my chin and tips it down. “I want you to watch me fuck you.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Billie is unphased. “Unfortunately for you, I don’t take orders from people whose mother didn’t teach them to say please or thank you.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“I’ll always choose you, Billie.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“She snuck up on me, planted the seeds, and I let the roots take over, wrapping themselves around every pulse point, filling up my darkest corners, squeezing painfully at my heart.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Close a high-stakes business deal? No problem. Fire someone? I’m your man. Talk to a girl you like and respect? I guess I’ll just crumble instead.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“So, where are you from originally?” I ask. Violet rolls her eyes. “A small town you’ve probably never heard of. Chestnut Springs. It’s just south of Calgary, Alberta.” “Sounds like a town in a cowboy movie.” “Looks like one too.” “Yeah? Hot cowboys and everything?” I waggle my eyebrows at her.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“You can feel disappointed, and angry, and sad, and whatever the fuck else you want to feel. You can feel whatever you want. There is no right order or right way. You’re entitled to it all. Because at the end of the day, he’s not here to explain things to you, so it all just comes down to how much you can forgive. How much you can accept. And there’s not a single other person in the world who can tell you what that threshold is.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“When you make shitty fucking decisions, you’ll probably end up in a shitty fucking situation, and you don’t force the people you love to sacrifice themselves for your reputation. It’s unforgivable.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“And that is a heart-wrenching combination… loving someone you can’t respect.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“I don’t want to talk. We’re not friends.” His words are like a paper cut. They sting, but don’t produce any blood. “What I want is you, straddling me, and I don’t let friends do that.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“You can only control what’s right in front of you, Vaughn.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“And thank you? A fucking thank you? After we both just completely incinerated each other? With chemistry like that? I don’t think so, Billie.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Sometimes all you need is one person’s unwavering faith. Support that is absolute.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“I sold him to you,” he says, stepping closer. Like it’s the most obvious thing in the world. “I don’t have that kind of money, Vaughn.” He smirks at me, looking cocky. “I found a dollar in your grooming stall. I took that in trade.” “You sold me a derby winner for one dollar?” Disbelief seeps into my voice. Is he fucking crazy? He shoves his hands into his pockets and rocks back on his heels. “Yup.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“You tear that contract up and you beg.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“Her eyes flutter shut and her head tips back. She moans. And it’s like an instant blood rush to my already aching cock. We’re fully clothed, and I can’t remember the last time I was this painfully hard.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: people suck.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races

“I know you’ve been burned, and I know you don’t trust easily, but you’ll never find what you’re seeking if you’re not at least open to being chosen.”
― Elsie Silver, Off to the Races