Jessica Bird citations

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“How can you stand to have me near you?" "The only thing I can't handle is your leaving.”

“Vishous's chest expanded… and his diamond stare slowly swung to Butch. There was a heartbeat of intensity. Then V reached out and repositioned the cross so it once again hung over Butch's heart. "You did well, cop. Congratulations, true?”

“As she shuffled back, he glanced down at the tent between his legs. Christ, that goddamn thing in there was huge; he looked like he had another arm in his pants.”

“She was staying. A little longer.
V smiled to himself. So this was what winning the lottery felt like.”

“As they went by Assail, the male was watching them. "Jesus, he really is blind"
Wrath pulled up short and unsheathed his dagger, pointed it directly into the guys face. "But my hearing is just fine”

“Blay said roughly,"I'm still in love with him"
Saxton dropped his eyes and brushed at the top of his thigh, as if there might have been a tiny piece of lint there. " I know. You thought you weren't?”

“I would do anything for you. Anything."

With that, he pushed his way out… and as the door eased shut, she realized that I love you could indeed be said without actually uttering the phrase.

Actions did mean more than words.”

“Tohr laughed softly. "Yeah, I'm not much for the emotive crap either-Ouch! Wellsie, what the he*l?”

“… I feel as though I am shelved. That I have been given the words to the story of my life, but that I have remained largely unread…”

“I love you. You are my heart beating
outside of my chest.”

“Blay’s head whipped around to his mate. “Really? You asked my dad?” Qhuinn nodded, then started to smile like a mother fucker. “It’s my one and only shot. So I wanted to follow protocol.”

“Payne nailing him in the face woke him up.
George brought him back his independence.
But Beth handed him his crown.”

“What are the rules," The cop said.
"There are none." Vishous spread his stance and braced himself.
"Do whatever you want… but you have to break me. You've got to tear me apart.”

“I must confess. Of all of the brotherhood, he was the one I loved first and he remains the one I love the most. For me, he is just the… one.”

“I’m on the benevolent side of antisocial. I don’t mind people, but I’d prefer not to have a lot of them around.”

“With that, he pushed his way out… and as the door eased shut, she realizedcould indeed be said without actually uttering the phrase. Actions did mean more than words.”

“As far as he was concerned, there were only two good positions for a human. A female on her back. And a male facedown not breathing.”

“Uh-huh, right. Let me count all the ways you and I aren't going there.”

“God, he was probably too young to be this old, but life had a way of being about experience, rather than calendar days.”

“The Destroyer has arrived and you are he.”

“Man, it was a good thing he fought like a nasty bastard or he might have been taken for a nancy.”

“To be denied was like getting shut out of a Public Park.”

“Love’em or hate’em, by blood or by heart, family was a kind of oxygen. Necessary for the living.”

“If the Angels won, the entire Earth would be nothing but one giant Christmas frickin' morning, a choking wave of happiness and warmth and caring and sharing taking over everything.”

“You keep showing up here? Being who you are?' There was a pause. 'I'm going to fall in love with you.' -Rehvenge”

“Don't make me flip you off"
"Why would I deprive you of a favourite hobby?"
"Because my finger's getting sore.”

“Rhage! You have a dragon! A pet dragon! I got to rub his tummy!”

“Love can conquer everything but reality.”

“But then, gifts are like beauty, are
they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.”