Quotes from Beautiful Bastard

“For some sick reason, fighting with this woman always ended with her panties in my pocket.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“If only he would keep his mouth shut, he'd be perfect. A piece of duct tape would do the trick. I had some in my desk that I'd occasionally pull out and fondle, hoping someday I could put it to good use.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“This flirting is all well and good, but I mean it when I tell you, I cant have you leaving me again. It almost broke me."
My ribs seemed to squeeze all of the air out of my lungs at the thought. "I don't think I could. I don't want to be away from you again either."
"But you need to give me a chance to fix things when I screw up. You know I'm an ass sometimes."
"Sometimes?"
Growling, he whispered, "And I tear lingerie."
I pushed a curl off his forehead, "And hoard it. Don't forget the creepy hoarding.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Beauty is only skin-deep, and ugly goes straight to the bone.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I knew everything happened for a reason. I just wished the reason would hurry up and make itself known.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Wait, you remember that?"
"Of course I remember that. You sounded like a frat boy and looked like a fucking model. What man could ever forget that?"
"I would have given anything to know what you were thinking right then."
"I was thinking, 'Highly fuckable intern, twelve o'clock. Disengage, soldier. I repeat, disengage.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“The look in her eyes told me that under any other circumstances, I would either already be naked with her on top of me, or lying in a pool of my own blood on the rug.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I didn't know," he whispered. "I didn't know I could love you so much.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I was starting to see that this wasn't just sex, and it wasn't something just working out of my system. Sex was just the fastest route to the deeper possession that I needed. I was falling in love with her, and falling to fast and hard to easily find any footing.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“So here were the facts: I felt possessive of her. Not in a romantic sort of way, but in a "hit her over the head, drag her off by the hair, and fuck her" way. Like she was my toy and I was keeping the other boys in the sandbox from playing with her. How sick was that? If she ever heard me admit to that, she would cut off my balls and feed them to me.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“You have very Grace Kelly-like tendencies about you. I hear Grace Kelly had a filthy mouth too," he added.

"You love my filthy mouth."

"True. But I like it better when its full," he said, meaningful smirk in place.

"You know, if you would shut up once in a while you'd be damn near perfect."

"But I'd be a silent panty ripper, which I think is a lot creepier than the angry-boss panty ripper.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“You sure you don't want me to bring you back something?" Her eyes moved in the direction of his office. "A hit man? Some holy water?”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I don't want to walk out that door and lose what we found in this room.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Mr. Ryan was going to have my ass. I was twenty minutes late. As I experienced this morning, he hated late. "Late" was a word not found in the Bennett Ryan Dickhead Dictionary. Along with "heart," "kindness," "compassion," "lunch break," or "thank you.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I want you to watch. And tomorrow when you're sore, I want you to remember who did it to you.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Wow, top five percent of your class at Northwestern. Nice!" Joel said and then looked over at me. "Bet you're glad to have someone so amazing working under you, huh?"

Chloe coughed slightly, bringing her napkin up from her lap to cover her mouth. I smiled as I quickly glanced over to her and then back to Joel. "Yes, its absolutely amazing having Miss Mills under me. She always gets the job done.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I told you, I want more than this. I want to be with you. I want to be your lover." I swore, digging my hands into my hair. "I'm falling for you, Chloe.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Promise me you'll take me to bed when we get back," she said.
"I promise."
"Your bed."
"Fuck yes, my bed. My bed is huge, with a headboard I can tie you to and spank you silly for being so ridiculous.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I was falling in love with her, and falling too fast and hard to easily find any footing.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Totally serious. I want to be the only guy who fucks you against windows, and also the first person you see in the morning-from where you lie, having stolen my pillow. I'd also like to be the person who gets you lime Popsicles when you've had bad sushi. We only have a few months left where it's potentially complicated.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“She'd proven to be one of the most aggravating people I'd ever met. Unfortunately for me, she was also the best sex I'd ever had.

Fuck, he'd better never get that far. I wasn't sure I knew where to hide a body around here.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I don't want to walk out that door and lose what we found in this room."

His simple words rocked me. He wasn't declaring, he wasn't promising, but he said exactly what I'd needed to hear. We might not know what was happening, but we wouldn't leave it unfinished.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I'm two seconds away from castrating you with my heel.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Give me all of you for one night, no holding back. Please, Chloe, I'll leave you alone after that but I haven't seen you in almost two weeks and...I just need tonight.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“For some reason, the two of us arguing was like some sick form of foreplay.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I wanted her in a way that made me feel like every second I was sated and starving.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“Who would have thought working for an angry jackass would result in my getting fucked up against a cold window at work and liking it?”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“I was thinking, 'Highly fuckable intern, twelve o'clock. Disengage, soldier. I repeat, disengage”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

“You realize early in life that beauty is only skin-deep, and ugly goes straight to the bone.”
― Christina Lauren, quote from Beautiful Bastard

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