Archer's Voice Quotes
"There's nothing better than watching someone no one expects to win come out ahead, don't you think?"
"Because it’s about an underdog who no one at all believed in—this funny-looking kid in glasses who lived under his aunt and uncle’s stairs."
"Every morning the flashback came, and every evening I felt stronger again."
"It wasn’t really a conscious choice, though. Everything in Ohio had reminded me of my dad, my grief, my fear, and my loneliness."
"The sadness was suffocating, claustrophobic. I needed to escape."
"That’s good then, because as it turns out, safety is my specialty."
"I have a feeling that you’re anything but safe, Officer Hale."
"Okay then, impress me with your geometry skills."
"God, Bree, you’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen."
"You show 'em your scar and pretend you don’t understand, they’ll leave you alone."
"Anyone can learn to do anything if they have the time."
"It’s been this way for a long time, Bree; it’s fine. It works for everyone involved."
"I shouldn’t have persuaded him to do something he wasn’t ready for."
"You couldn’t live on his little plot of land his whole life, never venturing out."
"I had a vague notion that I might have thrown Archer to the wolves."
"I had been cheated on before—I would get over it."
"Something about this didn’t feel like he had cheated on me, exactly."
"I hope you don’t think this is forward, but…she mentioned that you were visiting Archer."
"I’ve always felt…so bad that I didn’t do more for Archer when Alyssa died."
"Then I heard around town that Archer had sustained some mental damage."
"I tried to go out there a couple of times, but there were all these crazy signs."
"You’re a mean, selfish asshole, Travis Hale."
"I’m not," he said gently, pulling me toward him and putting his arms around me."
"Only you would fall in love with the local mute loner."
"I knew there was nowhere else on this earth I’d rather be, either."
"I want you inside of me so badly," I whispered.
"I felt like that grin could easily cause me to fall over."
"I felt something catch in my chest and knew it was just him."
"He’s…too different…too sheltered, too apt to make choices that will hurt you."
"Bad things don’t happen to people because they deserve for them to happen. It’s just…life."
"Sometimes I think of those little pieces of fabric when life feels really messy and difficult to understand."
"Loving you isn’t a burden. Loving you is an honor and a joy."
"I try to close my eyes and believe that even though I can’t see the other side right then, and the side I’m looking at is ugly and muddled, there’s a masterpiece that’s being woven out of all the knots and loose strings."
"You can’t talk me out of loving you if you tried anyway. It’s not a choice for me. It’s just a truth."
"I realized that if I truly believed that, I’d have to believe my dad deserved to be shot in his own deli, and I know that isn’t true."
"You own the land this town is on. You’re Connor’s oldest son."
"I can’t make sense of it all—my past, my life, my love for you."
"Sometimes I felt as if the words I wasn’t saying to Bree were so loud in my own head, she might be able to hear them from clear across the room."
"You ruined my fucking life, you bitch," he gritted out.
"I’m here for you. I’m here because of you. I’m here because you saw me, not just with your eyes, but with your heart."
"I’m here because of you, and I’ll always be here because of you."
"I need to get my license," he said as we ate dinner.
"Her gaze went quickly to my mouth and then away, and my heart jumped."
"I thought I lost you twice, and just the possibility destroyed me."
"I put my hand on her belly, feeling our baby move beneath it."
"I loved those hands. I loved him. My tears continued to fall."