The Devil Gets His Due Quotes

“I want to marry you because you don’t wear enough clothing when you go out, and I want it to be my jacket you wear home at night. And because a part of me has wanted to marry you since the first time we spoke. You bring my entire world into color, and I don’t want to go back to the way it was.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“Every single time you call me boring, it feels like you're hoping I'll pin you down and fuck you, simply to prove you wrong.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“I am kissing Graham Tate. No. He is kissing me, and there’s nothing tentative about it. He kisses like a man who’s thought of nothing else for the past decade. As if he’s angry he ever had to wait. As if he resents me for pushing him this far.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“What do you think of the name Maddox for a boy, by the way?” she asks. “He sounds like a runaway who’s turned to sex work to survive life on the streets.” “So that’s a maybe, then,” she says cheerfully.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“She cuts up the fish and disconsolately mixes it with the salad, but nothing more. “You’re supposed to be putting it in your mouth,” I tell her. She grins. “I bet I’m not the first girl you’ve said that to.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“You’re tiny too, wild thing.” Tiny, yes, but fucking fierce. I’m pretty sure that’s Shakespeare, but I’m not sure Shakespeare used the word fuck all that often, so I keep it to myself.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“Being around all of them makes me feel like the only flower in the garden that’s failed to bloom.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“isn’t flirting. Or maybe she is, but she’s flirting with the entire world.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due

“His mouth moves, just a hint of a smile as he pulls me against him again, his sizable erection pressing into my stomach. “Just wait until you see what I can do with my tongue.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Devil Gets His Due