“I've never had to work so hard for something I never thought I wanted.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I race you, Ryles,” he says in a voice that’s implacable and unwavering amidst the swirling chaos.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“We're not broken baby...we're just bent. And bent's okay. Bent means that we're just figuring things out.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Damn. That face is a definite work of art. You need to make sure you frame it between your legs every chance you get.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“My God. The woman is my fucking kryptonite. How did this happen? How did I let her own me? More importantly and fucking shocking, I want her to own me. Every fucking piece of me. Game over baby. She’s my motherfucking checkered flag.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Spiderman. Batman. Superman. Ironman. Spiderman. Batman. Superman. Ironman.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Willing's good," he whispers. "Wet's even better.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Oh, doll, I just did. Was it you he was fucking on the hood of Sex in the parking garage before dinner? I didn't think so.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Sometimes the one that you assumed would be inconsequential, turns out to be the one that makes all the difference.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Well it seems you have me by the balls both literally and figuratively, don't you now?”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“She must have a voodoo pussy or something.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“We’re not broken, baby…we’re just bent. And bent’s okay. Bent means that we’re just figuring things out.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“He leans his face down, his cheek rubbing against my temple as he emits a sigh that's sounds similar to a muttered oath. And I swear it sounds like he mutters something about voodoo pussy but when I snap my head up to look at him he just shakes his head and smirks.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I might not be able to tell you the things you need to hear with the traditional words you need to hear them in, but I swear to God, Rylee, I will try. And if I can't, then I'll show you. I'll show you with everything I have-anything it takes-where your place is in my life”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Roses are red. Lemons are sour. If you open your legs, I'll be there in an hour.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I’ve been able to block things out for so long. Ignore emotions. Ignore everything, but you? You tear down walls I didn’t even know I was building. You make me feel, Rylee.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Fight, Colton! For you. For us. For me. You don't get to pull away from me. You don't get to walk away without a second thought. I matter, Colton. I deserve the same more than you do. What we have is not inconsequential.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“don’t lose yourself trying to hold onto someone who doesn’t care about losing you.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Listen. I know he looks like a damn Adonis and probably fucks like a stallion, but, sweetie, if he’s what you want, then it’s time to make him sweat a little.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.... but have no doubt it will be my way.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“It’s not what I think? If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...” I imply with a shrug “...well then you know what they say.” “Nothing hap―” “Quack!” I shout at him.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I want you to watch me while I take you, Rylee. I want you to watch each of us as we crash over that edge. I want you to see why this is enough for me. Why I choose you.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Just remember what I always say; don’t lose yourself trying to hold onto someone who doesn’t care about losing you.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Don't lose yourself trying to hold onto someone who doesn't care about losing you.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I want to watch you while I take you. I want to see those eyes of yours turn hazy with desire.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“Someone setting parameters for me. Has hell frozen over and no one told me? She had my balls in a fucking vice, and all I could think of was how much I wanted her. In my bed. In my office. At the track. In my life. And not just on her back. She must have a voodoo pussy or something.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I might not be able to tell you the things you need to hear with the traditional words you need to hear them in, but I swear to God, Rylee, I will try. And if I can’t, then I’ll show you. I’ll show you with everything I have—anything it takes—where your place is in my life,” he murmurs to me, shattering every last form of protection I have guarding my heart. He just stole it completely.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“I’m surprised when he grabs his mom in a huge bear hug, rocking her back and forth before kissing her on the cheek, his face lighting up with love for her.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“You turn the tables on him. You’ve shown him what life’s like when you’re around…now that he’s into you, you need to show him what it’s like when you’re not. Let him know that he’s not your every breath or thought—even if it fucking kills”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Fueled
“The further you go, the more you have to be proud of. At the same time, in order to come a long way, you have to be behind to begin with. IN the end, though maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.”
― Sarah Dessen, quote from Lock and Key
“The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities.”
― Don DeLillo, quote from White Noise
“If you consider all the unpleasantness you encounter while you're alive, it seems improbable that it would all come to an end simply because you're dead.”
― Peter Høeg, quote from Smilla's Sense of Snow
“Both of us widened our eyes and said, "Woah."
Then I immediately blushed. Oh my God, had I just looked at Archer and said, "Whoa"?
But...wait a minute. Had Archer just looked at me and said "Whoa"?”
― Rachel Hawkins, quote from Hex Hall
“There are moments in every relationship that define when two people start to fall in love.
A first glance
A first smile
A first kiss
A first fall…
(I remove the Darth Vader house shoes from my satchel and look down at them.)
You were wearing these during one of those moments.
One of the moments I first started to fall in love with you.
The way you gave me butterflies that morning
Had absolutely nothing to do with anyone else,
and everything to do with you.
I was falling in love with you that morning
because of you.
(I take the next item out of the satchel. When I pull it out and look up, she brings her hands to her mouth in shock.)
This ugly little gnome
With his smug little grin…
He's the reason I had an excuse to invite you into my house.
Into my life.
You took a lot of aggression out on him over those next few months.
I would watch from my window as you would kick him over every time you walked by him.
Poor little guy.
You were so tenacious.
That feisty, aggressive, strong-willed side of you….
The side of you that refused to take crap from this concrete gnome?
The side of you that refused to take crap from me?
I fell in love with that side of you
because of you.
(I set the gnome down on the stage and grab the CD)
This is your favorite CD
‘Layken’s shit.’
Although now I know you intended for shit to be possessive, rather than descriptive.
The banjo started playing through the speakers of your car
and I immediately recognized my favorite band.
Then when I realized it was your favorite band, too?
The fact that these same lyrics inspired both of us?
I fell in love with that about you.
That had absolutely nothing to do with anyone else.
I fell in love with that about you
because of you.
(I take a slip of paper out of the satchel and hold it up. When I look at her, I see Eddie slide her a napkin. I can’t tell from up here, but that can only mean she’s crying.)
This is a receipt I kept.
Only because the item I purchased that night was on the verge of ridiculous.
Chocolate milk on the rocks? Who orders that?
You were different, and you didn’t care.
You were being you.
A piece of me fell in love with you at that moment,
because of you.
This? (I hold up another sheet of paper.)
This I didn’t really like so much.
It’s the poem you wrote about me.
The one you titled 'mean?'
I don’t think I ever told you…
but you made a zero.
And then I kept it
to remind myself of all the things I never want to be to you.
(I pull her shirt from my bag. When I hold it into the light, I sigh into the microphone.)
This is that ugly shirt you wear.
It doesn’t really have anything to do with why I fell in love with you.
I just saw it at your house and thought I’d steal it.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from Point of Retreat
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