Dukes of Ruin Quotes

“Rip. “Son of a motherfuck!” I screech. After that, she plucks my eyebrows, moisturizes my face, and then spends a long time combing the tangles from my hair, looking unbothered by the verbal abuse I hurl at her along the way.  “How much do men pay for this?” I sneer, head snapping back forth with each pass of the comb. “Am I getting the sadistic whore premium?”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“I know she doesn’t want to hear it—doesn’t want to believe it—but I know deep in the pit of my wandering soul, this woman is mine.  Even if she never loves me back, I’m never letting her go.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“You can take the girl out of the chest…”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“A mistake? Did you trip and bust your nut down my throat? Because that’s not how I remember it.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Every powerful man has demons. The things they do to gain it leave a mark on their soul.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Everyone has a demon inside of them. Push it down too long and it'll claw its way up.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Make one little mural of a crucifix fucking a pussy on the lobby wall and everyone’s all suspicious.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Would she really turn on her father if given the chance, or would she fall right back into the position she’s been trained for her whole life?”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“The universe, it’s just wax paper sometimes. Like the light gets through, but everything’s all fucking… indefinable.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Proper planning prevents poor performance.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“I can smell it, you realize. Sweet, warm, wet pussy...” He wedges his free hand between my thighs, dragging in an obnoxious inhale. “Distracting and annoying. I already told Nicky I wouldn’t.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“A bird is never going to appreciate its cage.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“I think I’m going to miss you,” she says, smiling at a knot. “Coming down here every day to feed you? It’s kind of like having a really mean pet you can’t bring yourself to put down.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“Third, if you get squeamish about dark romance content that makes you uncomfortable in ANY WAY DO NOT READ THIS BOOK (and then go complain all over the internets that no one told you, like some kind of book police. Because here it is, we’re telling you.)”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“You've got a storm of stars in your skin”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“but I know deep in the pit of my wandering soul, this woman is mine.  Even if she never loves me back, I’m never letting her go.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“To the victor go the spoils,”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“My lips twitch involuntarily, but then he balls a fist and slams it into her cheek, sending her stumbling back.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“The crest of his lip twitches in a ghost of a sneer and I fist his shirt, completely lost to any sense of shame when I spring up on my toes to kiss him.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin

“He made you laugh.” Nick’s eyes flick back and forth between mine, and then down to my mouth. “I’m not going to hurt him. He’s yours.”
― Angel Lawson, Dukes of Ruin