Quotes from Amy Jo Cousins

I mean, you tell me I got a magic button up my ass that'll make me come my brains out, of course I'm curious. But I'm never gonna go there, because gross.

You're the optimist all the way through, pretending to be a pessimist on the inside, because you can act like it hurts less if you say you knew all along it was going to go down like that.

Shit-damn, fuck-a-damn, fuck-a-damn-damn, some motherfucker just fucked my man, I'll fuck another fucker better than the other fucker, shit-damn, fuck-a-damn, fuck-a-damn!

I think it's exactly like that. When you think you can't do it anymore. You have to ignore it and keep going. Trust in your training.

Tom lifted his other hand and rested it lightly on Reese's slim hip, barely holding on. "I want to kiss you.

You want to know why I don't have many friends here? At least not ones that count, according to your fucking standards handed down from on high, princess? Because I figured it out. What the difference is between friends and casual acquaintances. Between lovers and fuck buddies.

C... wasn't actually sure how things went forward from here. Normally, if he had a fight with a girl, then the relationship was over and he moved on to the next girl. Of course, that usually happened after a week or two, not after months with a woman he'd known for years, and was pretty sure he'd be content to spend the next couple of decades getting to know better.

Species went extinct and new ones evolved from protozoa while he sat in his car in the dark and waited to see how badly he'd fucked this up.

Bi," Tom interrupted as if it were crucial he retain some kind of toehold on heterosexuality, then flinched.

I'm bi." But he could see how that was a pretty shitty denial to shove in your boyfriend's face, so he kept his mouth shut.

Sometimes I wonder if that's the thing that will break us in the long run. That it's so hard for you to trust in us.

Being someone's rock, even if only in a temporary way, would always be heart-worthy.

Sweet baby Jesus, what do I have to do? Sing Closer to Fine a hundred times to earn the password to the lesbian clubhouse?" She

I'm sure lots of schools have students who are able to form bonds of friendship across sexual identity stereotypes... even in Iowa

And maybe that was why he'd fallen so easily for Bertie, who was skinny and polished, but with indolence instead of work.

Standing firm is great, kiddo, but so is admitting you made a mistake and fixing it.

Maybe we make too much of a big deal about being happy. Maybe we should all just find a way to be content with life, you know? Because that's not a bad place to be. Content.

He highly approved of the bare-legged, I'm-not-wearing-any-underwear-under-your-Oxford look on a girl.

Stop throwing your football at the ceiling. I hate you." Most of the time he loved living above his sister in the