Beneath This Ink Quotes
"If I had to tattoo one more 'YOLO' on some idiot kid, I might hang up my tattoo gun and call it a day."
"Do you know what it’s like to finally get something you’ve always wanted, but not remember a single fucking detail?"
"In this shop, the only way a woman gets my time is if she’s getting a tattoo, or is on her knees or her back."
"I’ve got plenty, if that’s what you’re worried about. Besides, I don’t have time to waste filling out some hundred-page grant application and justifying what we do here for a few bucks."
"I’m not perfect. Not by a long shot. And since my tiara seems to have been misplaced, I think princess is out, too."
"You’re the one who’s out of my league, sweetheart, and we both know it."
"No kid should be going to bed hungry in this city. We have the resources, we just need to deploy them better."
"I’ve had my hands—and mouth—all over that body once upon a time."
"Trust me, even after years of therapy, I’m still just coping. I’ll never have an easy relationship with food, and when I’m around people I don’t know or trust, it’s pretty hard not to wonder if they’re watching me—judging me—when I eat."
"Your mama would have loved seeing you all grown up like this."
"If I’m supposed to trust you, then I guess you’re going to have to trust me, too."
"You’re the king of the one-night hit it and quit it program."
"I don’t fucking care how you remember it, Vanessa. This time, we’re not done until I say we’re done."
"Do you have any idea what it’s like to know I’ve touched you and tasted you—and I don’t remember any of it? It’s fucking torture."
"If the scenery in my office was this good, I’d probably never leave."
"Your self-respect isn’t going to get your precious foundation’s building built."
"You ever not going to be a rich girl, Vanessa?"
"I hope I didn’t do any permanent damage. When I… ummm… crushed them."
"You ever going to lose that chip you’re carrying around? It must be getting heavy after all of these years."
"I’ll let you know—about tomorrow night. But then, we need to set some ground rules for…whatever this is."
"I’m still shocked you wanted to see me again after yesterday."
"So you did at least one smart thing tonight."
"Trust me, it’s not something I want to do alone."
"I’ve waited a hell of a long time for this, and I guess I can wait a little longer."
"Don’t worry that you’re going to get bored, princess."
"All you can do is what you were doing with Trey’s mama—pray."
"It’s easier—hell, safer—to pretend you don’t want something than it is to admit how you really feel."
"The way I grew up, it’s easier to pretend you don’t want something than it is to admit how you really feel."
"I’ve spent more time trying to fill in those memories than I’d ever admit. It kills me that it’s nothing but blanks."
"I'm not letting you get away again. No matter how bad I fuck up."
"I don’t give a fuck about stretch marks. I just couldn’t stand the thought of someone else…having you."
"For once in my life, I wanted no boundaries. No guidelines. No can’ts."
"You’re so fucking beautiful. I shouldn’t even be allowed to put my hands on you."
"Because once I have you—and remember every goddamn detail—I can’t promise I’ll let you go."
"I don’t want a better man. I want just you. Right here, right now."
"You’re nothing like I expected. Not in my wildest dreams."
"I’d rather have one night with you than never know what it’s like to be with you at all."
"It wasn’t a truck so much as a truckload of gin."
"I’d think you were a heartless bitch who deserved a cell alongside your doting uncle. But I wouldn’t put you there."
"I’m saying that I think once is a windfall, twice is quite a stroke of luck, but six times is impossible. And probably criminal."
"It’s nothing anyone else in my position wouldn’t do. Sacrifice one for the good of thousands."
"No matter what happens, my offer is still good."
"If Con can’t get over this… I’m pretty sure you’d be waiting a lifetime. Because I don’t think I’ll be able to get over him."
"I think it’s safe to say he went after Archer. That’s where I’d go if I’d just learned who was responsible for killing my folks."
"What would Con do? What he’d sworn that night at the lake house? Vigilante justice? An eye for an eye?"
"This is all your fault," he told me. "He never should’ve gotten involved with you. Told him it wasn’t worth the risk."
"But I couldn’t let Con kill him. Not because Archer deserved to live, but because it wasn’t up to Con to end his life."
"If you’d expected Archer to be begging for mercy, you would’ve bet wrong."
"You shouldn’t be here." Con’s words were calm and even—completely at odds with the fact that he was holding a gun to a man’s head.
"I should’ve killed him. Should’ve left the chambers loaded. But I knew I couldn’t do it."
"Regardless of what happened to me, I believed that Joy and Andre would now get their justice."
"Everything I’ve ever wanted. On a silver platter."
"You humble me. And that’s just one more reason I fucking love you."
"I’d never been worried about impressing you."
"It’s a good thing you’re not done with me, because it would’ve been really awkward when I handcuffed myself to your bed and told you I wasn’t going anywhere."
"How does it feel to realize your privileged life has been paid for with other people’s dreams?"
"Move over Bernie Madoff. Alistair Agoston figured out a better way."