“I can’t promise you it’ll always be sweet and tender because you and I fight hard. But I’m pretty sure it won’t be a horror ride either because you and I love even harder. What I can promise is you’ll always mean more to me than my next breath, and it’ll always be you in my life. No one else.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“We were written for one another, and I wouldn't change one line in our romance novel. The good, the bad, the in between. It's ours. We own it.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I want to break the rules with you. Kiss you passionately every day. Make you smile when you’re about to cry. I want no regrets with us. I want us to laugh together until we can’t breathe and it hurts. No man will ever love you the way I’m going to love you, Emily. You’re it. My last. My forever.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I believe in forever, and that’s what you and I are. We define eternity. This may sound cheesy, but you make me go there. You give me butterflies, Emily Cooper. I’ve never had that before, and I don’t want to let that go for anything. Ever. I asked you once to crash with me, and you did. Now... I’m asking you to take the full ride. Walk with me the rest of the way until we’re old, sitting in our rocking chairs and watching our sugar-high grandchildren play in our yard. I’ve seen this world a million times over, but I’ve never seen it with you by my side. I want you, no, I need you to be my wife. I need to wake up every morning knowing you’re Mrs. Emily Michelle Blake.” He paused, and Emily could see his eyes misting over. “Please. Take this last step with me.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“The thought of not seeing your eyes when I wake up, or not hearing your heart next to me while you are asleep made me sick. With all of that, I decided no, I can't go another day without you. I don't want to go another day without you”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I'm pretty sure you were in my dreams before you walked into my life. I felt it the first time I saw you. You pulled at me. Took hold of my heart and never let go."............."You were never supposed to be with Dillon. You were always supposed to wind up with me, but fate interrupted us for awhile”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Fate had a weird way of circling back over paths that were meant to cross.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I’m going to fuck you right now, Emily. I’m going to bring you so much pleasure you’ll never think about walking away from me again.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“When I look at you, I feel like I’m looking at the other half of myself. You’ve filled the empty space in my soul, and because of that, you’re a Goddess to me. That’s the way I’m always going to treat you. For the rest of your life. I promise you that.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I'm going to break you, Emily Cooper. I'm going to break you down and slowly build you back up. Second by second, piece by piece, and memory by memory, I'm going to make you realize you're worth what I'm going to give to you. If I have to open a dictionary every day and make you stare at the word 'worth', I'll do it... I'll even paste a picture of myself next to it.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“The good, the bad, the in between. It’s ours. We own it.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I stared at the ceiling half the night wondering if I could honestly go the rest of my life without kissing these lips ever again.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Baited. Hook. Line. And. Mother-fucking. Sinker.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Her Yankees-loving, bottle cap-giving, dimpled smile other half was gone, and there wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do to turn back time.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I don't take checks, but I do accept most forms of foreplay and sex as payment.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Gavin Blake, you’re more of a man than any man I’ve ever known. You’re gentle. You’re kind. You’re strong and witty. You’re personable and warm, and you can reduce most females into blithering puddles of goo with the simplest words.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I love you," Gavin whispered, slowly breaking the kiss. Still cupping her cheeks, he dipped his head and leaned his forehead against hers. "I want to break the rules with you. Kiss you passionately every day. Make you smile when you're about to cry. I want no regrets with us. I want us to laugh together until we can't breathe and it hurts. No man will ever love you the way I'm going to love you, Emily. You're it. My last. My forever/”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“You can drive every stick I own whenever you want.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“I’m saying this because it’s said breaths are stolen during a passionate kiss. That’s not true, Gavin, because I literally can’t breathe before your lips even touch mine. I try, but I’m unable to. I can’t think when you look at me. You strip my mind bare. You always have, and it’s beautiful and consuming. It’s magical and everything a girl is supposed to feel. It’s said you’re truly in love with someone if your skin tingles from their touch. Mine tingles when I hear your voice; I don’t need you to touch me. I can feel you when you’re not near me. I feel you in my dreams. I felt you when you were a thousand miles away.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“But more than anything… thank you for loving me. Thank you for your dimpled smile and your bottle caps.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Do you know how scary it is to want something so bad you’re willing to change your whole life for it?”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“The hood burnt my ass."
Gavin smirked and pulled his T-shirt over his head. He spread it out across the hood, picked Emily back up, and set her on top of it. "And here I was thinking your ass couldn't get any hotter.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Clichéd or not, her smile lit up the room like a ball of fired in a darkened sky. Clichés were created for her. End of story.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“A do-over,” he softly replied, rocking them back and forth. He nibbled on her lip, his free hand gripping her waist. “This is where we argued yesterday. I want a do-over so when you think of this road, this is what you’ll remember. Me holding you… you staring into my eyes… and us kissing.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Gavin leaned in closer, brushing his lips against hers. "I can't promise you it'll always be sweet and tender because you and I fight hard. But I'm pretty sure it won't be a horror ride either because you and I love even harder. What I can promise is you'll always mean more to me than my next breath, and it'll always be you in my life. No one else.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Little did she know then, a stolen moment, a sweatshirt, many bottle caps, and few layers peeled back later, her life would never be the same.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“The ass that’s officially owned by me?” Gavin caressed his hands down her waist, settling on said ass. “This one? Ah, yes. Yes, this one. I love this ass.”
“Owned?” Emily playfully questioned.
“Yes… owned. Never to be leased by another. I’m king landlord, sweets.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
“Thank you so very much for making my legs shake the way you do.”
― Gail McHugh, quote from Pulse
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