Quotes from Night Owl

“I never want to learn how to say goodbye”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“There is no such thing as loneliness. There is only the idea of loneliness.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“She left me alone in the riddle. I needed her because I loved her — or I loved her because I needed her. Why had the feelings turned to a maze? Now I was lost in the dark.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“I felt a throb between my legs. I glared down at my Cock. Hold your fucking horses, I muttered. God...fuck was this seriously my life? Stalking a girl I'd met online, parked outside her house at midnight, speaking to my dick?”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Nothing lasts forever, and nothing ever ends.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Art is not an assembly of accidents. You have to master the rules before you break them.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Also, will you be communicating with me any time soon? I'm aware of my capacity to leave women speechless, but this is somewhat extreme.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“This isn't LIKE Sky, This IS Sky. Nothing lasts forever, and nothing ever ends.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“You are always deceiving me, Always, Matt, always speaking to me from any mouth but your own. Don't you know that I love you? I see under all your lies, and I always find you.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“The only thing he hates more than writing is not writing.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Always, Matt, always speaking to me from any mouth but your own. Don't you know that I love you? I see you under all your lies, and I always find you.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Sad things seem truest to me.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Night.Owl: So what are you wearing?
Little.Bird: Lol! All the walls are coming down tonight...
Night.Owl: Haha. God, sorry. I have no idea why I just typed that. Ignore that. Such a creeper right now.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Why did every small separation still seem to echo a future goodbye?”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Whatever Matt's problem was, I wanted to wrap my arms around him and snarl at the world until everything left him alone.
Everything but me.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Note to self: wear thong, render Matt speechless.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Will you do me a favor Matt?” “Anything.” “This is easy. Just repeat after me. ‘It was nice talking to you Hanna. I’ll see you tomorrow. Goodnight.’ ” I gave her an incredulous look. :Don’t give me that look. I’m trying to teach you this mysterious skill, one that you seem to lack. It’s called how to say goodbye.” I smiled and rubbed the back of my neck. “What are you grinning at?” she said. “I never want to,” I said. “What? Never want to what?” “I never want to learn how to say goodbye.” I closed Skype and then closed my eyes, laughing into the silence of my apartment.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“I thought listening to hip-hop would help distract me from the scumbagginess of my task, but after "99 problems" and "Heartless" I flung my iPod away.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Things I want to do with Hannah: dance, watch a movie, camp, swim, hike, bike, take a trip, build something, have a food fight, write more, do Christmas-”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Matt… I don’t want a perfect gentleman.”
“What do you want?”
“You.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Perfect. This place was perfect. I stepped into the chick pen. “Hey guys.” I crouched and reached for the chicks. They swarmed away from me, making me laugh. “You little jerks. You’re all fat. You’re all going to be ugly in about a month, all scrawny and gray. Come here.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“I never want to learn how to say goodbye.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“You don't give me pleasure, do you understand? I take it from you.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“No pictures,” I told Hannah on Skype. “No specifics, no last name, no phone number. Nothing. I don’t want to know you, and I don’t want you to know me.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Again and again we went there together – tumbling over the raw edge, touching the live wire, collapsing, exploding, dissolving like dead stars.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“I wanted it to happen, the deception didn’t matter.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“I got hung up on diction and syntax; I agonized over every word.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“Night Owl: So what are you wearing?”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

“While Hannah was busy positioning the laptop and shimmying out of her shorts and a thong, I pushed off my boxers and squirted lube into my palm. I glanced at my cock. It stood stiffly from me, nine thick, smooth inches for which I didn't thank God often enough.”
― M. Pierce, quote from Night Owl

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