The Opportunist
Quotes from the Book
The world is not full of assholes. But, they are strategically placed so that you'll come across one every day.
You’re going to listen to me, and for once you’re going to hear what I say and not read between lines that aren’t there.
I was a fool, alone, preparing to do what every fool did at such times—I was going to a bar to drink myself smart.
You'll continue to be a bitch no matter what, but I'm glad you aren't a callous, self-absorbed one.
He had a skull and crossbones label on him, but I drank his poison nevertheless and loved it; now I needed an antidote.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” -Maya Angelou
When someone tells you something about themselves don’t want to hear—believe them.
The world is not full of assholes. But, they are strategically placed so that you'll come across one every day.” –Unknown
It was amazing. Earth shattering, mind blowing, it was everything. I'm hopelessly in love with him and destined to be destroyed in the near future.
Some people believe the strongest will cling through the storm with steadfast determination never wavering, but sometimes the strength is in letting go.
I would do anything for you... anything. The only thing I can't do is pretend I'm not in love with you. I have given you everything you would accept, but I can't make you love me. I can't create feelings that are not there. Can you imagine what it's like to want something so desperately and know you can never have?
Why am I pushing this? Because I fucking love you, you idiot, and I can't hide my feelings anymore." I screamed at him. "I'm in love with you. I love you so much it eclipses everything else around me. You're the star I can never reach. I can wish and dream, stretch and strain, but you're always just out of my grasp. I need something I can hold, I can count on. I need something tangible.
There is no man more perfect for me, no one I'd rather spend my life with, no one I will ever want more. But I need someone who wants me equally in return. I love you with every ounce that I am, down to the smallest molecule of my being, but that isn't enough if you won't reciprocate.
I need you. You are not temporary.
You can’t discuss your third leg with a person, then pretend they are a stranger.
I will keep him for as long as I can and enjoy every nanosecond. Then I will let him go gracefully with a smile. Even if I'm dying inside, shattered beyond repair, I will give him that gift in thanks for all he has given me.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing...not healing, not curing...that is a friend who cares.” -Henri Nouwen
It’s true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.” -Judy Collins
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” -Henry Winkler
You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have to learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.” -Taylor Swift
I loved coffee the way a sommelier loved wine, the way Bill Clinton loved an intern;
You better enjoy new boyfriend sex because it is soon to be replaces by new fiancé sex quickly followed by new husband sex; mark my words. I may be crazy now, but I’m not clueless.
There would be benefits to finally having a gay bestie. Think of the pointers and insight he could provide on blowjob techniques alone.
Time will tell. Either way I will be here to share your joy, or sweep up the pieces and Krazy Glue you back together.
I'm quitting food and becoming a manivore," Sam smacked her lips to emphasize her point.
Could a person die from gratification deprivation? It certainly felt like it was a possibility.
We played hot potato with my heart—me throwing it to him, him tossing it back to me. But every time the music stopped, I was always the one holding my bruised organ—out of the game.
I thought we were building something special, that we were well suited. I am surprised to find that you don’t feel the same.
Plato said, “Love is a serious mental disease.” Damn that guy was smart.
About Genna Rulon
About the book
“In its purest form love is self-sacrificing, eternal, selfless, enduring, truthful, forgiving and indulgent. It also feels an awful lot like a kick to the stomach when you try to fight it!”
All Everleigh Carsen wanted to do was complete her final semester at Hensley University and begin the life she carefully planned.
When a wave of violent crime seizes campus, Everleigh is persuaded to attend a school sponsored self-defense seminar by her best friend, where she meets volunteer instructor, Hunter Charles. After Everleigh’s biting sarcasm induces Hunter to eject her from class, a tempestuous relationship is born.
Everleigh is determined to forget the striking man, but fate—that fickle shrew—continuously intervenes. Unable to escape him, she declares Hunter an enemy combatant. The only complication…Hunter is resolutely pursuing vindication…by any means necessary. Verbal warfar
Book details
- First published
- 2013
- Author
- Genna Rulon
- Genre
- Romance
- Goodreads rating
- 4.00 (5k ratings)
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