Cruel North Quotes

“That’s the risk in life. In order to experience our full humanity, we have to be willing to get hurt.
So I jumped. Two feet, whole heart, I leaped into the possibility.
And Hayes was there to catch me.”
― J.B. Salsbury, Cruel North

“I rest my forehead against hers. “Vanessa … I have always loved you … I will always love you.”
― J.B. Salsbury, Cruel North

“You’re wearing sweatpants.”
“Not what I was expecting.”
“And…” her gaze darts between my legs before jumping forward to the skyline. “I don’t know if dudes know what wearing sweatpants does to their…their…”
“Dicks.”
“Yeah.”
“We know.”
She jerks her heard around. “You do?”
I smirk.
Her eyes narrow. “That’s just mean.”
“Mean? Or effective?”
― J.B. Salsbury, Cruel North

“I’m…” An asshole. A selfish prick. I have a short temper. I’m impossible to get close to and even harder to like, much less love. “No good at this.”
“You’re better than you think.”
― J.B. Salsbury, Cruel North

“Is that what you remember about us? Pain?”
“Mostly, yes. Because I had to hold onto it to make me stronger. The angrier I was, the more I wanted to prove I could raise her on my own.”
“Jesus, Ness.” He runs both hands down his face … “I’m so fucking sorry you had to do this alone.”
― J.B. Salsbury, Cruel North

“I shoot her a look and recoil when I come face to face with an even fiercer glare. Good god, I should’ve known Ness and I would make a fierce-as-fuck kid.”
― J.B. Salsbury, Cruel North