Quotes from Collide

Gail McHugh ·  395 pages

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“Every part of you was made for me. Your lips were made to kiss mine, your eyes were made to wake up to me looking at you in my bed every morning, and your f***ing tongue was made to roll my name off of it. I am more certain of us than I'm certain that I require oxygen to breathe.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Here's to bottle caps,the Yankees, and 'birds', and most of all"...he paused and lowered his voice to a whisper.." and,most of all to a beautiful girl named Molly who refuses to believe the man-the man who loves her more than she'll ever know”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“I’ve never felt so heartbroken and so in love at the same time. If you would’ve told me the day we met that you were going to break my heart— and that days, months, or even years would pass, that I would still be hurting like this—it wouldn’t have stopped me from falling in love with you.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“I want the late-night drives, the sunset watching, the screaming, the yelling, and the crying. I know I'll definitely want the make-up sex that comes after all of the screaming and crying. I want the good, the bad, and the in-between. All of it is what's going to make us amazing together.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“When you want something this badly, you don't just give up. You fight and fight until you absolutely can't fight anymore.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide



“Sometimes bad choices bring us to the right people, Emily.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“I want it all, Emily. I want to spend my nights holding hands with you,” he breathed the words into her ear. “I want the all-day texting.” He kissed her temple and caressed her cheek. “I want the laughing and the forehead kisses.” He softly ran his lips over her forehead. “I want the date nights, the movie watching, and the breakfast making.” He dragged his hands through her hair, his teeth tugging gently at her bottom lip. “I want the late-night drives, the sunset watching, the screaming, the yelling, and the crying.” Still kissing her, he smiled against her mouth. “I know I’ll definitely want the make up sex that comes after the screaming and the crying. In want the good, the bad and e in between. All of it is what's going to make us amazing together,”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Doll, you're going to get me out of your system as much as I'm going to get you out of mine. It's impossible.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“A faint smile touched Emily’s mouth. “You want kids?”
“I want bucketloads tucked neatly into a minivan,” he laughed.
“Gavin Blake in a minivan?”
“Absolutely,” he replied, reaching for his beer. “A funky forest green one, too.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“With the weight of his body, he pressed her back against the wall, and licked the soft spot below her earlobe. "Tell me how much you f***ing want me," he breathed.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide



“I'm cool right? There's no lipstick left on me?" he asked, his smirk turning into a full-wated smile. "I love getting kissed by women who claim they don't love me - makes my dick hard as a motherfucker.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Then go after her, Gavin. When you want something this badly, you don’t just give up. You fight and fight until you absolutely can’t fight anymore. It’s in the Blake bloodline, so it should be easy enough for you. Besides, I’ve never known a more stubborn little bastard in my entire life.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“The saddest part about this whole thing is that while I was in there begging you to stay, I didn't fucking realize you were already gone.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Don’t we all have to fill voids in our lives with something?”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“I'd never hurt you, Emily. Stop fighting me. Stop fighting what you already know”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide



“You’re playing with fire, man.”
“I can handle the burn. Just do what I asked.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Nope, there's shmexy, and there's sexy. And you, my friend, are shmexy.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“And by the way, I'm completely head-over-heels, please-don't-wake-me-from-this-motherfucking-dream in love with someone else. She's everything you're not and then some. So I guess I owe you thanks.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“No matter what age, race, or economic status we hold, death touches us all at one time or another.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Damn it, Emily, I want us! You belong with me, not him.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide



“I want the good, the bad, and the in-between. All of it is what's going to make us amazing together.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Ever part of you was made for me. Your lips were made to kiss mine, your eyes were made to wake up to me looking at you in my bed every morning, and your fucking tongue was made to roll my name off of it. I am more certain of us than I'm certain that I require oxygen to breathe.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“There’s not a man on Earth who doesn’t wish he was me right now. Your mind and your body will never forget the things I’m going to do to you tonight. Every…single…inch of your body is going to feel me.”
“Oh my God.”
“Yes.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“I want you to give in to what I see behind your eyes every time I’m near you. I want you to give in to the way you trembled in my arms when I touched you… the way your breathing becomes faster when I look at you. I loved the way your lips felt against mine, and I’m pretty sure you did, too. I also enjoy the way I can almost feel you becoming wet for me right now. Are you going to pretend that you don’t feel anything for me, Emily?”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Am I making it hard for you?” he asked mockingly.
“Yes, Gavin you are,” she quietly spat, her fingertips white-knuckled around her glass.
With his need for her trapped inside – blistering hot, sweltering, ready to explode – he leaned in closer, dropping his voice. “Good, because whenever you’re near me, I fucking lose every bit of self-control I have left.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide



“Yes, he was that good looking. Take-your-breath-away good looking. Want-to-strip-your-body-naked-and-let-him-devour-you-alive good looking. Certified-eye-candy good looking.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Her worst nightmare and her wettest dream.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Though his father had told him stories about it happening, until that fateful afternoon, Gavin Blake had believed that love at first site didn’t exist.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“He might have stolen her breath the first time they kissed, but there and then— stealthy like a cat burglar— he was trying to steal her heart.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide


“Emily could feel the way Gavin stared at her. His eyes seemed to sink into her, making her want to bare every emotion and ever secret. What a dangerous talent for a man's eyes to posses, she thought to herself.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Collide



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