Quotes from Nine Minutes

“Who was this person who could hack a man to pieces one day and save a kitten the next?”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“A story about a man who has loved me from the very beginning, from the first glance. The man who always was and still is my soul mate.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“Because, as long as we’ve been friends, you never once mentioned your husband’s huge dick.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“He was my first love. He was a true love. In fact, he was the biological father of my firstborn, though she would never meet him. He wanted it that way. And deep down, so did I.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“I loved numbers. I still love numbers. I love how they never lie. They always fit. There is always a constant.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“I’m a little scared, Grizz. Actually, more nervous than scared.” I tilted my head up to him, hands damp. “I know you have experience. I have none. I’m afraid you’ve built me up in your head to an ideal I can’t live up to. I don’t want to disappoint you.”       Until that very moment I didn’t even know the extent of my feelings. But I recognized there was truth in what I said.       I was falling for Grizz.       I still can’t explain the Grunt thing. Maybe it wasn’t real. Maybe it was all in my head because of the dream. I didn’t know. It didn’t matter.       Because while I was talking, Grizz was kissing my neck and I was letting myself enjoy it. I closed my eyes and leaned into him.       “You could never disappoint me, baby and I don’t want you to have experience. Everything you need to know you’ll learn from me,” he said as he turned me around and kissed me. “Only me.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“I couldn’t believe it. I thought I’d seen a different Grizz. A sympathetic Grizz who rescued kittens and listened to my kind of music. Someone who made sure his young wife went to church every Sunday.       I couldn’t believe how naïve I was. He was all of those things, but I kept forgetting that he didn’t get to be the leader of this gang by being soft. He was hard. He was cold-blooded. He was ruthless in his pursuit of what he wanted.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“I’m a little scared, Grizz. Actually, more nervous than scared.” I tilted my head up to him, hands damp. “I know you have experience. I have none. I’m afraid you’ve built me up in your head to an ideal I can’t live up to. I don’t want to disappoint you.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“He didn’t say he was upset because I married Grizz, thereby making me unavailable to him.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“I liked how he gently squeezed my thigh just above my knee as we idled at a crosswalk.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“Jan does a big dinner every year. You’ll like it.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

“I was a loner but never lonely and was an excellent student. I buried myself in my books. I showed a real talent for working with numbers. I loved numbers. I still love numbers. I love how they never lie. They always fit. There is always a constant.”
― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

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― Beth Flynn, quote from Nine Minutes

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