Unhinged Quotes

“Hallmark didn’t make ‘sorry your dad was a piece of shit’ cards. Though, given the prevalence of shit dads out there, maybe they were really missing out on something.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Are you going to hurt me?” Noah asked, voice almost hopeful. Adam scanned his face for a long moment. “Probably, yeah. But you might like it.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Just you. My brain has picked you, and now, I can’t undo it. You’re trapped. With me. For life.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Noah’s chest ached. Adam had called two people to find out what humans did when other humans were hurting. Was that romantic? What the fuck did Noah know? It felt sweet.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“But, buried deep down, Noah wanted Adam because he knew he would burn the whole fucking world down for him and never feel a shred of remorse.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“You’re not going to lecture me on drinking my problems away?” Noah asked. “No. If this is what you need to cope, then I’ll keep you safe while you do it.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“pizza. “Let’s go watch this on the big TV downstairs. You can bring the blanket and your emotional support vodka.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“How do you raise a house full of psychopaths, Dr. Mulvaney?” she asked, looking back through the glass at the small boy. “Very carefully, Dr. Arbor. Very carefully.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Atticus was tall and fair with a gym body and ginger hair. He looked like a Mormon and a tax attorney had a baby with shitty eyesight. Even now, while they were attempting to dispose of his brother’s fuckup, he was wearing a pair of seersucker pants and a white button down shirt, though both were covered in blood.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“You’re the only person I know who could make a felony sound romantic.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Why did you tell her I’m your boyfriend?” Adam frowned. “Because telling her that you’re the son of one of my murder victims and we’re together because I happened to get off with you this morning sounded like a mouthful.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“No circus animals. No permanent damage. You can’t pee on me.” Adam barked out a laugh. “What?” “It’s a thing. Oh, and no spitting in my mouth. That’s a hard limit.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Adam shook his head with a smile. “No, my dad does. I live in a studio apartment on the other side of town.” “And why can’t you go sleep there?” Adam shrugged. “Because you’re not there and I want to be with you.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Adam had no baseline for normal. He could only watch and mimic what he saw. He wasn’t a six-year-old boy. He was a six-year-old robot currently downloading the software that made a six-year-old boy.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“What are you, the morality police? You kill people, like, as a hobby.” “It’s more like community service,”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“The idea of Noah getting beat up caused a strange feeling to fill his chest. “I will disembowel anybody who so much as messes up your hair.” Noah pretended to swoon. “Who says romance is dead?”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Hallmark didn’t make ‘sorry your dad was a piece of shit’ cards.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“But, instead, you get to kill twenty guys during the day, with your brothers, as a family,” August said. “Other families just have barbeques,” Archer said, tone dripping with sarcasm.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Relax. Everything is going exactly as planned.” “You know who says that? That one person in every movie right before it all goes to shit,” Noah said, earning another amused smirk from Adam.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“No. No, I’m not good. I’m so far from good I couldn’t locate it on a map.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“I will never be done with you,” Adam promised. Noah shook his head. “You can’t promise that. We’re strangers. You know nothing about me.” “I know you’re mine. I know it. Deep down, in that part of my brain that doesn’t care what is right or how society dictates how people choose a mate. I chose you. I want you.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Adam woke with his arms around Noah, his body tucked snuggly against him. He was small compared to Adam’s six foot two, but he fit perfectly, allowing Adam to all but envelop him when they spooned. He liked the idea of people having to go through him to get to Noah. It was a foreign concept. He didn’t know how to describe it. From the moment he’d seen him standing there, holding that gun on him, Adam had just known he wasn’t going to let him go.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Adam was nobody. A carefully crafted lie, raised specifically to right the wrongs of others. A lie he had executed so well that, sometimes, even he believed it.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Has it ever occurred to you that I did you all a favor by never applying myself?” Atticus snorted. “How so?” Adam grinned. “I half-ass everything and still rise to the top. Imagine if I was using my full potential. I’d leave both of you in the dust. I’m the black sheep by choice.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“You can’t fix a psychopath. You can’t fix a sociopath. But you can guide them, hone their focus. Teach them how to direct their rage towards those who deserve it.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Being a Mulvaney made Adam Teflon. And Noah belonged to Adam. That knowledge was a heady thing. Being untouchable. It made Noah reckless. Fuck. It made him dangerous. Far more dangerous than Thomas’s mercenary training ever would. Because Adam would do anything to protect Noah. Anything. He was like a vicious junkyard dog, and Noah held his leash.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Noah's brain was turning a mile a minute. "Don't you live in a mansion on the other side of town?"

Adam shook his head with a smile. "No, my dad does. I live in a studio apartment the other side of town."

"And why can't you go sleep there?"

Adam shrugged. "Because you're not there and I want to be with you.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“Teach them how to direct their rage towards those who deserve it.” “Deserve it?” she echoed. “You’re teaching them to be monsters?” “Of course not. They’re already monsters.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“You can’t just tie me to the bed every time I do something you don’t like,” Noah chided, breath leaving in a rush as Adam sank into him in one thrust. “Oh, we both know that’s not true,” Adam crooned against Noah’s ear. “I can do whatever I want to you in here.”
― Onley James, Unhinged

“You know I’d fucking tear the world down for you, don’t you?” Noah smiled sweetly, crooning, “I know, baby.” Adam’s cock throbbed as much from the endearment as the way Noah’s smile turned bloodthirsty. “But, right now, the only thing I want you to tear apart… is me.”
― Onley James, Unhinged