Decker Quotes

“It could very well be one step forward, two steps back if we’d decide to try to move forward with each other. But even then I knew that every step would lead us somewhere we’d never been with anyone else.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“He kissed the way he played. With a fierce kind of grace and a controlled kind of power. But there was some dark, animalistic energy beneath the surface that he had trained himself to discipline. Like the wolf he had tattooed on his arm. And the most honest thing I could admit to myself right then was that I had that energy too. I had disciplined it with spreadsheets and denial, and he was the first person I’d met who could bring it out of me.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“I love you.” It was surprisingly easy to say.
I thought it would be a big, difficult moment. But she gave me a small, dreamy smile and, on a pleasant sigh, said, “I love you too.”
It wasn’t hard for either of us because every part of us already knew the truth about how we felt about each other. We weren’t speaking something new into existence. We were just naming something that was already there.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“It’s been a while since I was anyone’s boyfriend, but I’m pretty sure I’m good at it.” He kissed my forehead. “I want to be. For you.” His body stiffened. “Fuck, that was cheesy. Forget I said it.”
I laughed and then remembered we were trying to be discreet and lowered my voice. “Nope. I’ll never forget it.” I got on my tiptoes and kissed his cheek.
“Whatever.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“She made me feel things I’d never felt before. Not just my body. Not just my heart. Even moments that she wasn’t a part of—she infused them with joy.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“We need to remember to keep up appearances. By which I mean I will act like I still find you arrogant and condescending, and you need to pretend to still be annoyed and aggravated by everything I say and do.”
“Trust me, I won’t be pretending.”
“Trust me, neither will I.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“Whoa. Nobody’s calling you an asshole. This is New England. We only insult close friends and family to their faces here—and we mostly call them cawksuckahs.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“You’re okay, right?” “Oh, yes, I’m fine. You know me. I bounce good.” She gave Decker a saucy little wink. “All the Strong women do.” “It’s an excellent trait to have,” he said. “Too bad the charm skipped a generation.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“It seemed being a cocky asshole was the kind of behavior he reserved for only one member of the Strong family. I felt so special.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play

“No, I’m not. Always a good sign when a man assumes any woman who works in a building is a secretary.” “Always a good sign when the new owner of an NFL team doesn’t even recognize the quarterback.”
― Kayley Loring, Decker: Changing the Play