Quotes from Friends vs. Family

“Are you going to take Sang to the football games, Dakota? It'd make a nice date."

(...) "Holy shit," Gabriel said. "The first time Sang gets asked out and it's by Kota's mother.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Sang: Nathan, are you awake?
Nathan: Nope.
Sang: Sleep texting?
Nathan: Yes.
Sang: That's a talent.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Family is a choice?"
"It is?"

His thumb pressed into my palm firmly. "It's your choice. Parents and siblings are your relations. Family takes care of one another and helps each other. When each side is working together, when everyone wants it, that makes the difference.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Family takes care of one another and helps each other. When each side is working together, when everyone wants it, that makes the difference.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Nathan,” I said as loud as I could, but there was nothing to my voice. His blue eyes lit with tears. He shook his head. His eyes drifted from my face to my bound hands and feet. He grumbled something and turned back to me. “I’m going to break this damn thing, okay? Don’t move.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“You don’t have to go that far,” Dr. Roberts said. “You should be able to walk normally. Just no more jumping from balconies for a while.”
“How about ever?” Gabriel asked. “Let’s go with that. Never ever jump off the school balcony again. Or any balcony. Stay away from balconies.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“His bare, fit butt matched the rest of him in exquisite, reflected detail. I blushed, turning my eyes away to focus instead on the shadows outside. I was embarrassed to have peeked, but I knew the image would be ingrained into my mind forever. Another secret.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“But then she couldn’t hear anyone coming,” Luke said.
“God damn it,” Gabriel said. He shifted his legs, moving me in the process until my body was tucked neatly into his chest, his hands against my back.
“Fuck all this. Let’s just take her.”
“Gabriel,” I whispered. A chop landed on my head again.
“Shush,” Gabriel said.
“Men are talking.”

Stone, C. L. (2013-08-26). Friends vs. Family: The Ghost Bird Series: #3 (p. 58). Arcato Publishing. Kindle Edition.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“I give you a pretty haircut and paint some stars and do all this shit for you. ‘Hey Trouble, come on and let me save you.’ ‘No, Meanie, I’m gonna stay here.’ How the hell did you talk me into this?”

Stone, C. L. (2013-08-26). Friends vs. Family: The Ghost Bird Series: #3 (p. 369). Arcato Publishing. Kindle Edition.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Family is a choice...Parents and siblings are your relations. Family takes care of one another and helps each other.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Can’t spend the night on her own in her own fucking bedroom and wants me to leave her naked in the dark closet.”

Stone, C. L. (2013-08-26). Friends vs. Family: The Ghost Bird Series: #3 (p. 361). Arcato Publishing. Kindle Edition.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

“Attached to the walls was a collection of photographs. There they were. All of the boys’ beautiful faces. Some were individual portrait shots. Some were taken in places I didn’t know, bedrooms and dining rooms of—I assumed—the boys’ homes I’d yet to visit.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family

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