Nanny for the Neighbors Quotes

“We don’t have to love anybody who doesn’t love us back.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Jack’s hand shoots out and wraps around my wrist, keeping me in place. “I have a crush on you,” he blurts out.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Holy shit, Seb,” she mumbles. “You’re a freaking nuclear weapon.”  It was just as good for her, then. Thank God. I nuzzle into her soft curls, breathing in her sweet apple scent. “My dick causes widespread death and destruction?” “It belongs in a fucking containment facility. Made of concrete. Buried fifty feet underground. Somewhere near the Earth’s core, where no poor, innocent girl will accidentally stumble across it and get fucked to pieces.” She twitches as an aftershock runs through her. “I think I’m dead. My vagina exploded.”  I can’t help but laugh, pulling her closer, and she relaxes against me. Slowly, cautiously, her little arms sneak around my waist. It takes me a second to realise what she’s doing.  She’s trying to hug me.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“She looks an absolute mess. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman more beautiful.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“When your external environment is controlled, it’s much easier to control your internal one.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Sorry,” he says, his silvery eyes flashing with amusement. “I thought my nanny was coming.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Babies can't really burp by themselves. And they swallow air when they drink."
" That seems like an evolutionary issue," he says dryly.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Christ. I knew Beth was interested in me—the girl couldn’t hide her emotions to save her life—but I never dared to dream that she wanted me just as much as I want her.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Now that I’ve started kissing her, apparently I can’t stop.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“You are,” he says, “so cute.”
I frown. I don’t really want to be cute right now. I want to be hot.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“I keep all my crying on the inside. You’ll learn to do that when you’re older.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“He’s like a kid. Terrible self-esteem. He needs other people to pat him on the head and tell him he’s smart.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“It’s the part of myself that I’m most ashamed of. I’m like a chameleon. And I hate it. I hate that I’m not strong enough to just be myself. I hate that I’m such a people-pleaser that I’ll change my whole personality just to be liked; but for the life of me, I don’t know how to stop it. It just happens.” She shrugs awkwardly. “When I’m alone, I’m myself. I get to be me. So I think I’m better off alone. At least until I work out how to stay true to myself.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“It’s an odd family we’ve built ourselves, but in a lot of ways, it’s better than a blood family. We only surround ourselves with people that really care about us. We don’t have to love anybody who doesn’t love us back. It’s the kind of family I used to dream of as a child.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Three boyfriends, shut-down ovaries, and a secret doorstep baby are hardly what I envisioned when I used to imagine my future family. But right now, they’re more than enough. So much more.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“All this time, I’ve been so caught up in my own drama that I didn’t stop to think about the guys’ less-than-ideal family situations. Cyrus got disowned. Seb’s parents abandoned and lied to him. Jack’s family ignored him in favour of his athletic siblings. None of them have perfect families, but that hasn’t stopped them from making their own.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“The people you love aren’t meant to heal your pain. No one can do that for you. But they can support you while you work through it.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Jesus. It’s a good thing I don’t really need that birth control. I’d probably have to take a triple dose to handle these three.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Good girl.” Seb says quietly. “God, you’re so damn sweet, Beth. You’re so sweet.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“God,” he breathes. “You look so goddamn incredible, Beth. Your mouth—”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“He could fuck me hoarse for all I care. I want all of my men inside me, as deep as they can get.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“God, I’ve missed you,” he tells my crotch.
I snort. “Are you talking to me or my vagina?”
He blinks innocently. “Both, baby!”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“I want there to be nothing in between us,” I whisper. “I want you to take… all of me.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“You want that, sweetheart? You want us inside you? All three of us?”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“You’re our family now,” he murmurs, and my heart just about breaks. “You belong with us.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“No one’s ever needed me,” I whisper. “Not once in my life.” All three men groan simultaneously. I take a deep, shaky breath and look between each of them. “I love you,” I say. It’s the first time I’ve said those words in years. “All of you. I love you.”
“We love you too, Bethie,” Cy whispers, kissing frantically down the crook of my neck. “We love you. Love you, love you, love you.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“We’re not going anywhere without you. As long as you want us, you’re part of this family.” He kisses me again. “We love you,” he repeats fiercely.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“I had value, even if they didn’t notice it right away.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“Jack looks like he’s about to die. I try to hold in my amusement.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors

“When you shake your balls onstage five days a week, you lose your self-consciousness pretty quickly.”
― Lily Gold, Nanny for the Neighbors