Misbehaving Quotes
"I wasn’t one to be a doormat. My momma had taught me better than that."
"Feeling the weight of the bat in my hands, I smiled. This bad boy would do some serious damage."
"Running into a tree and knocking myself out wasn’t exactly a great getaway plan."
"He’d never catch me, but I still needed to get this stupid mask off so I could see."
"Hank would know who to come looking for, but he would have no proof."
"He’s a cheating bastard. He deserved it. He hurt me, so I hurt him."
"I wasn’t great with people I didn’t know. I was on the quieter side."
"It’s probably best you step back and leave her alone. From the look in her eyes, the rough she’s planning on sticking you with is gonna leave you crumpled on the ground."
"You're the local. Where do I get a good burger?"
"I don’t want you to think that’s what this is about."
"I didn’t bring you here with any intentions other than getting to spend more time with you."
"Never had sex been like that. My body was still feeling aftershocks, and each shudder that went through me made Jason’s arms tighten around my waist as he held me against him."
"I knew that, without a doubt, I had just been ruined."
"At some point she’d become my sole reason for breathing."
"I wasn’t the kind of girl who caught and held someone like Jason’s attention."
"If you open it, the silent alarm will go off."
"You were my reason for laughing. For smiling. I can’t smile without you, Jess."
"I didn’t want to look like a redneck bumpkin come to the big city, but I couldn’t stop looking at everything."
"I wanted to remember it. If I wasn’t careful, he would break my heart."
"She was innocently amazed at things like the Gray Line bus and the Naked Cowboy—all things I took for granted."
"I knew this was temporary, and I wanted to enjoy it while I had it."
"Every damn guy in this room is watching you. Is that what you wanted? To come out here and make sure they all wanted you? Because moving your body like that—it sure seems like you wanted attention."
"I'm sorry. I don’t wear panties with this dress. Didn’t realize it was a big deal. Just let me leave."
"In my experience, getting behind something you can use as protection is the best course of action."
"I can’t comprehend the fact that someone would hit you."
"I brought you here because I like spending time with you."
"I’m not one of them. My momma ain’t a trust-fund baby. She’s a stripper."
"I'm talking about the reason you brought me to this thing. I couldn’t figure out why you’d want me to come as your date when you could do so much better."
"He will never forget letting you go. It will be one of his biggest regrets."
"I don’t have time. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want you."
"I need to get you alone so I can explain to you how very wrong you are."
"I’m not expecting more," I said, suddenly wanting to reassure him.
"My being a girl and caring too much was what had screwed things up."
"I wasn’t getting a fairy tale. I was a stripper’s daughter. Nothing more."
"This was what I was good at. I had watched my momma control men my entire life. It came easy to me."
"I’m not wearing pants," I reminded him teasingly.
"I want to kiss you. But I don’t want you to think that’s why you’re here."
"I miss you, Jess," he said in a husky whisper. That was my undoing.
"I wanted to believe him, but it still stung. I felt like he was choosing 'Jo' over me."
"If I have to dedicate my life to making sure you know where you stand with me, I will."
"I don’t want you to put me first because I use your jealousy against you. I want you to think of me first because it’s the way you feel."
"I wasn’t looking for someone who would put me first, I was looking for someone to love me."
"The protective walls I had lived behind were crumbling, and I was letting myself be pushed around."
"I won’t let her die! Do you hear me? I won’t let her die!"
"Someone has got to give a damn, Jess. Someone has got to fucking give a damn, or you’re gonna lose yourself."
"Closing my eyes, I imagined the dirty that clung to me going down the drain with the water. It was the only way I could cope."
"It was my favorite part of the day. I could escape and dream now about things out of my reach."
"I needed closure. That had to be it. I couldn’t move the fuck on."
"Seeing her again and seeing she wasn’t what I had built up in my head would help me deal with forgetting her."
"She didn’t fucking sleep with me! She just wanted you! Trust me, I tried like hell, but she only wanted you and you ran, leaving her at the first sign of trouble."
"I’m going to make sure you know by the time I’m finished just how perfect and beautiful you are. I intend to wash all those bad memories off of you with my hands."
"I love you more. And I won’t let one more man see what belongs to me again."
"I wouldn’t touch my mother’s money. Besides, she’s about to take a hit to her allowance."
"I wish she had taken the money from my mother. I wouldn’t even be mad about it right now."
"The only thing that can hurt my future is if you don’t agree to move in with me, because I can’t concentrate without you near me."
"I had never expected to fall in love, but then, I’d never imagined anyone like Jess."