Flock Quotes
"Though the house is impressive, it feels more like a prison to me, and today is the first day of my sentence."
"In my wildest dreams, I can’t fathom how they ever coupled at any point, or how they could have been the two to conceive me."
"I’m certain he built here because it’s where he grew up, and I have zero doubt he revels in rubbing his success in the noses of his former classmates."
"I’m no trust fund baby; at least that was the case in the years I spent with Mom in our rented, run-down house."
"This isn’t on you. It was her job to raise you, Cee. That’s the obligation of a parent, which you should never feel obligated to repay."
"You’re a grown woman, and I realize the conditions of your stay with me might be a bit stifling on your extracurricular activities."
"Happy people can’t pick up pennies with their ass cheeks."
"It’s just tonight," he says with an edge to his voice. "I wanted to take you."
"I’ve memorized his body, aching daily to shift our relationship from friends to more."
"Breathless, I resist the urge to pull him closer."
"You’re a man who lives without a single thought of the future."
"I’m a man with clean laundry, and I’m starving."
"I love your long legs, and this place right here."
"It’s what she does. There are a ton of people out there with jobs just like it."
"Finding love is the mecca of what I dream for myself."
"My greatest hope is to be in all-consuming love. My biggest fear is to be in all-consuming love."
"Maybe for now I should just listen to the voice of reason in my head, instead of the addict in my heart."
"But I’ll stand on principle because to hell with playing the fool."
"I’m handing you my life’s work because of my failure."
"SO BE IT. It’s been days since the texts stopped, and I’m still convincing myself I’m fine with it."
"I can’t, no matter how much it scares me. I want Sean—I want his words to ring true."
"I will not be lectured to or threatened by my own daughter."
"You want me to respect my name? Be a respectable man."
"I’ve sacrificed quite a lot to make sure you’re cared for."
"Because if it’s their money I’m inheriting, I don’t want it."
"It’s theft, pure and simple, for the people who make, all of this possible."
"You are a lot stronger than you think you are, and I wanted you to see that."
"I can’t afford to regret it too deeply because if I do, I’ll be opening myself up to loathing—my own—for eternity."
"You’re in my lap, looking at me like you want me, why the hell wouldn’t I be okay with that?"
"There’s a beauty to keeping a secret, Cecelia. But it can only remain one if you choose to guard it."
"It’s going to take some time for you to make peace with it, but fucking own it, Cecelia."
"I don’t let my dick get in the way of my judgment."
"I wholeheartedly agree with his logic, which made me happy to be in on the secret."
"I can’t, for the life of me, understand how they get away with it, but they do and have, and it’s been going on for some time."
"I’ve memorized them. But it’s the fresh memory of those seconds I spent in that garage that keeps me outraged."
"I’ve trapped myself in my bedroom and spent the majority of my day reading up on career possibilities and the majors that coincide with them."
"I am because I’m only faithful when it’s convenient."
"Plans change. And we’ve got enough of them. With him, we’ve been patient."