153 quotes found
“He kissed him like a man starved, thrusting his tongue past his parted lips and drowning himself in the taste and feel of Paul after three weeks without him.”
“After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it.”
“Tragedy cleans the windows of the soul by washing away the bias of our lives in the detergent of pain.”
“Once you let in the word, once you allow it to take root, it will spread like a mold through all of your corners and dark spaces and with it, the questions, the shivery, splintered fears, enough to...”
“I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do.I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.”
“You shut your eyes to keep out the light because the light reminds you that you are alive”
“And his soul plunged downward, drowning in that deep pit: he felt that could never again escape from this smothering flood of pain and ugliness, from the eclipsing horror and pity of it all. And as...”
“Just friends, just friends. Standing there in the bookstore, watching Seth walk away, I half wondered how anyone could still use that line. But I knew why, of course. It was used because people sti...”
“Once upon a time, there was a nave and innocent girl who thought she could tame the beast and live happily ever after. But the beast did not want to be tamed, for he was a beast and beasts care not...”
“A disastrous flaw in our design is that the heart always defies the brain.”
“Love alone means nothing unless you have a tortured heart for it to soothe.”
“Dont run away from me, Logan. Im not sure why youre scared every time I try and show you some kindness, but dont reject me. Its not easy for me either. Im not a natural. Ive forgotten how it feels ...”
“I am happy with you." It was only a half-lie. In truth, being with him made me happier than anything. But it was a bittersweet happiness because from this moment on, it would be overshadowed with t...”
“I knew this for a fact. Little by little, the ache to see him, to hear him would disappear. Little by little Id forget how his arms felt, how his fingers felt, how his lips felt..the sound of his v...”
“Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems."'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,No, nor the fruitful river in the...”
“Because of the green-eyed one, I see red and that makes me blue.”
“There are questions Kyungsoo doesnt ask Jongin. He doesnt ask Jongin if they can stay together forever, or how many tomorrows are really left, because sometimes the truth is too bright. He can only...”
“That's not cruel. This is. You come here in the middle of the night, expecting me to be awake, and askno, demandme to give you things that belong to me as much as they belong to you. Never mind wha...”
“You loved me.It wasnt a question, but he answered it readily. I do. More than life. My heart. I didnt just pick a sweet turn of phrase to name you, but spoke from my soul when I named you thus. Wit...”
“Frightened people live in their own special hell.”
