“Relationships are about sacrifice and compromise. Sometimes, to have the person you want, you have to give up ideals that are important only because society tells us they are.”
“You look at me, not him. As someone who loves him, it’s my responsibility to protect him from people who hurt him when he can’t bring himself to do it. As long as I’m in Randy’s life, this version of you isn’t welcome.” Randy”
“You’re a beautiful man with a beautiful heart.”
“I guess it’s her prerogative if she only wants it doggy-style this weekend.” The kid behind the counter coughs. I”
“I’m Lily’s boyfriend. She lives with me. In my house.”
I need to get a handle on this jealousy.”
“She clasps her hands behind my neck.
“It’s your turn to take what you need, baby.”
So I do. Because she lets me. Because I love her. Because she loves me back.”
“For the love of broken beavers, do you two ever take a break?”
“Loving you is the best choice I ever made.”
“I’m Lily’s boyfriend. She lives with me. In my house.” Lily”
“This wavering paradox is a pillar of the outlaw stance. A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit-no matter how often he's reminded of it-that every day of his life takes him farther down a blind alley.”
“Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you.”
“For all your talk, you don't know the first thing about love." Tears spilled over her lashes and rolled down her cheeks. She slipped the chain that held his Super Bowl ring over her head and pressed it into his palm. "I love you, Bobby Tom, and I'll love you till the day I die. But I've never been for sale. I was a free offering all along.”
“The quality of student work has definitely gone downhill since they discontinued the use of the whipping post.
-Silk”
“In other words, or perhaps another thing, whatever I said it was never enough and always too much.”
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