Flaunt Quotes

“I’m going to circle back to what I was saying before. You’re blaming yourself for a lot of things. It’s your fault that Sabrina came to your house and acted like a fool. It’s your fault that Bethany is unhappy and trapped there. It’s your fault that the Carmichaels saw a nasty woman berate a lovely woman and a little girl. It’s your fault that things with Banks must end.”  “Your point?” “Sara, putting all that on your shoulders isn’t giving you any more power over these situations. It’s eroding your mental health—maybe your physical health too. But you don’t get extra control powers if you take the blame for things that aren’t your fault.”  “I don’t want control. You’re wrong.”  She lifts a brow. “You do. If you control it, it can’t hurt you.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“A lot of it is my own fault. I try to fill the holes in my life, the loneliness in my soul—and the hours that go by—with people, places, and things. Anything besides taking a moment to breathe. Because if I take a moment to breathe, all of my feelings and thoughts and fears might rise up and overwhelm me. And who will be there to catch me if I collapse? No one.  But”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“That’s been a consistent theme since I’ve been an adult and essentially on my own. There’s never solid ground. I never have a footing from which to grow. I catch my breath only to have it knocked out of me as soon as I turn around.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“We all do the best we can. Each one of us starts at a different green light in life and we have to get through the course, taking as many correct turns as we can. And none of us, Sara, get every turn right. And we’re not all on the same course, either.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“Is it for fuck’s sake or for fuck sakes?”
She rolls her chair around and faces me from across the building. “Why?”
“I’m replying to that email. I want to sound professional.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“I don’t want this to be it between us. I want this to be a part of it.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“I’m not going to apologize for wanting you when this is over,” I say.
“You don’t know you’ll still want me.”
“Oh, baby. I do.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt

“What if one of us falls for the other?” I ask. “Then what?”
I stand before her, ready to peel her out of that dress. Somehow, I find a shred of self-restraint and hold on to it for dear life.
She smirks. “I’m not going to fall for you Banks.”
I smile back at her. “I was talking about me.”
― Adriana Locke, Flaunt