Domesticated Beast Quotes

“He needed Javier to be the calm one so that he could freak out. They couldn’t both be freaking out at the same time. Somebody had to drive this struggle bus.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“You made a split-second decision to murder three people?” Wyatt asked, eyes wide as he looked to Linc. “You should introduce him to Shepherd. They’d get along so well.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“So, you have been to jail,” Bowie said, tensing.  “I’ve been to several.”  “That’s…” Javier wiggled his brows. “Hot?”  “I was going to say alarming,” he countered, voice clipped.  “Liar,” Javier said.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Bowie blushed. “You have more red flags than a car dealership.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“He knew he was sobbing, knew the nurses could probably hear him if they were still outside the door, but he couldn’t stop. Each time he closed his eyes, his memories closed in on him.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Man, you think I ever talk to those fools? Where I come from snitches end up in ditches.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Says the dude who brought home a guy so busted he looked like he bought his meth from the tooth fairy.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“You’re not going to get worse. You’re tough. You legit stormed a whole room of armed detectives ready to throw down. Shit, I know cold, calculating motherfuckers who would never have the balls to do that.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Nah, angel. You don’t have to be afraid of me.” He leaned in a little, his tone conspiratorial. “Now, anybody who knocks that smile off your face.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Penance. To him, the penance wasn’t in watching over Annabelle, it was in not finding the soccer coach and ripping off his genitals.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Oh, please. You rescue puppies and babies for a living. Your boyfriend is a ballet dancer. I think that ship has sailed.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“I guess once you’re willing to kill for somebody, it’s as good as a vow.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Adagio, Anna. Adagio. Graceful. Smooth. Are you hailing a taxi? Why are your arms flailing like that? Are you having a seizure?” “Turnout, Emily.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Yeah, man. I’m from fucking West Virginia. You ever hear of the Hatfields and the McCoys? We take our grudges deadly serious. I’m”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Because nothing ever stays the same. The pendulum always swings back.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“She’d called his ‘tío,’ Angelo Fuentes, a man Javier still, to this day, wasn’t sure was actually related to him. But it wasn’t no Fresh Prince situation.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“Bowie had believed her. He’d ached for her. But he hadn’t known it was like this, hadn’t understood the feeling of being…violated. Violated in a way that felt like the person had invaded you on an atomic level, changed your DNA somehow. Nobody could know—could possibly understand—until it happened to them.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“How do you do this every day?” he asked, hating the sound of his own voice. It felt like he’d spent the night gargling glass. They said he had minor trauma to his throat and vocal cords. Whether it was the screaming or the forced oral sex, Bowie didn’t know.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“The sharp smell of disinfectant, the tug on his IV as the nurse drew vial after vial of blood. The constant paging of doctors overhead and the occasional code blue followed by the squeaking of tennis shoes as the nurses and doctors ran to save lives.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast

“kissing Bowie was death by paper cut, slow, torturous, exhilarating.”
― Onley James, Domesticated Beast