A Deal with the Devil Quotes

“Because,” I say, unable to meet his eyes, “everyone in your life seems to take something from you, and that’s not what friends do. I guess I’d rather be your friend.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“think half of adulthood is pretending to have your shit together when you clearly don’t.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“love isn’t an exchange. It’s not something you hand out only if it can be returned in equal measure. Love is handing your fragile heart to someone else because you want him to have it, no matter what he’ll do in response.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“I get the feeling all your knowledge of my homeland comes from reading books about nineteenth century orphans.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Love is handing your fragile heart to someone else because you want him to have it, no matter what he’ll do in response.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“saw her photo on Jonathan’s desk and started looking for her all the time, because she worked at this bar I’d pass on my way home,” he says. Weirdly…it doesn’t sound like a lie. “I saw her reading while she was walking in, even though it was raining. And I thought she was the loveliest thing I’d ever seen in my life, so I followed her.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“His gaze holds mine. “If it were an option,” he says, suddenly fierce, “I’d never be willing to share you.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“No offense, but that sounds extremely dull,” he replies. “A good sex scene is essential to any meaningful work of fiction.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“I can see where a night with you would indeed be exhausting,” I reply as he rises. “I bet you don’t say please or thank you once.” “Yes, because men who say please and thank you during sex are generally referred to as customers.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Jesus, you’re like Voldemort. I say your name and you appear from the ether,”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Are you...are you wearing my date’s dress?” he asks, horrified. The silver lining to having nothing left to lose is that...I have nothing left to lose. “Do you like it?” I whisper, raising nervous, hopeful eyes to him. “I disposed of her, just like you asked.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“He picks up the small, clear pill I’ve placed beside his coffee, and he holds it to the light, frowning. “You realize if you successfully poison me, you no longer get paid, yes?”

“There are things in this world more satisfying than money,” I reply.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“It’s going to be hard enough standing next to a bunch of actresses and models. I figured some makeup was necessary.” His eyes flicker over my face. “You’re prettier than any of them even without makeup,” he says gruffly.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Are you...are you wearing my date’s dress?” he asks, horrified.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“I’d like to do plenty of things to him, but they mostly involve spit, and not in a sexy way.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“I wish my husband would look at me the way he looks at you,” Linda whispers. “Like he could be completely content if he never had to look at anything else.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“It’s so hard to find a man who will buy me drinks, fuck me and never call again.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“And Satan is my nickname for him, not Jonathan’s, but still an apt one. First, because he’s a plastic surgeon to the stars, which is exactly the kind of job you’d expect of Satan, were Satan for some reason unable to practice law.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Because,” I say”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“The point was never whether or not I could trust again, because love isn’t an exchange. It’s not something you hand out only if it can be returned in equal measure. Love is handing your fragile heart to someone else because you want him to have it, no matter what he’ll do in response. You do it because you love him more than you love yourself.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“The one person who isn’t amused by the conversation is Hayes, whose face is suddenly all angles—sharp cheekbones, hard jaw—as his eyes flicker from me to Sam and back. Perhaps he’s seeing what I am now: that there’s no reason Sam and I shouldn’t be together. We’re from the same place. We get along well and could talk about books for hours. If only I was ready for it, which I’m not. Sam is perfect for me, but once we move forward, there’ll be no way to walk it back. I sober a little at the thought”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Obviously, in a perfect world, I’d be your first choice.” “Obviously,” I say, my lips humming along the lip of my glass. “It’s so hard to find a man who will buy me drinks, fuck me and never call again.” His gaze sharpens, grows feral. “God, what a filthy little mouth you have,” he says.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“and when she envelops him in her arms, I suspect I know my role: designated cockblocker.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“I think half of adulthood is pretending to have your shit together when you clearly don’t.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“You’re nervous?” he asks, grinning down at me.

I narrow my eyes. “Not in the least. I’m just trying to figure out how I can sacrifice you to save myself if this goes badly”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“I can tell you’re going to be tedious about this. Fine.” He looks over one shoulder and then the other, surveying the room. “Then who here do you find attractive? Aside from me, of course. Obviously, in a perfect world, I’d be your first choice.”

“Obviously,” I say, my lips humming along the lip of my glass. “It’s so hard to find a man who will buy me drinks, fuck me and never call again.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“No, I don’t require cocaine. Just a bar and food. And music. And a valet, I guess. Two hundred people, maybe.”

I groan. A valet? Two hundred people? “That’s not a ‘little get-together’. That’s a wedding. Did you finally find someone worthy of you? Just so we’re clear, I’m not sure you can legally wed your own reflection.”

He climbs to his feet. “I’m still hoping that law gets changed.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Jesus,” says Hayes. His face has fallen. “You just broke up with someone, didn’t you?”

“It’s fine.”

He groans, leaning forward to turn toward me. “I’m sorry. You can spit in my coffee tomorrow if it’ll make you feel better.”

I smile. “I spit in your coffee every day. It’s not as exciting as you’d think.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“So, what will I be doing?” I ask as he pulls into the driveway. “I watched a doctor on ER perform a tracheotomy using only a ballpoint pen and a kitchen knife. I feel like I could pull it off”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Fine. What’s her name?”

He stops in place, staring at me while he thinks, as if he expects the answer to appear on my forehead. “Lauren?” he suggests. “Or Eva?”

“Are you seriously telling me you don’t even know the name of the woman you inserted your penis in last night?”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil