Sophie Jackson > Quotes

“Jack,” he whispered. “She’s my Peaches.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“The pound of flesh which I demand of him Is dearly bought; ’tis mine and I will have it. —The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“Just one taste. Just one. That’s all I want.” And then his lips pressed against hers.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“I want you,” he murmured into her ear, before placing another kiss in the hollow behind her ear. “God help me, I don’t care if it’s against the rules. I want you so fucking much.”
She turned her head, looking him straight in the eye, and smiled like a vixen. “I want you, too.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“I’m glad, but I need you to understand something, Peaches.” He licked his lips. “I’m not sorry, and I’d do it again in a fucking heartbeat.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“Do you know I’d do anything for you?” he asked. “Do you know I think about you constantly? Sometimes I think I’m crazy. You make me crazy. I’m insane when I’m not with you. Jesus, Kat, I ache.”
She grabbed at his neck.
“I need you so badly,” he continued, breathlessly. “I need us. I need to feel us like this, because I swear to God, my heart, it beats only for you.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“You’re everything to me, Peaches. You always have been. Always. You’re the best thing I’ve ever had in my life.” He kissed her. “You’re my everything.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“You should be scared, Peaches,” he murmured. “I’ve done things that would make your pretty little head spin, and, you being this close”—he gestured with his chin between them—“well, let’s just say”—his eyes met hers—“it just makes me want to be bad all over again.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“Theirs was a love beyond words, beyond reason, beyond even the two of them. It was indescribable, inexplicable, but unbreakable and unyielding.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“You do not fucking touch. You do? I’ll rip your arm from the socket. Capisce?” Prick didn’t even argue. Carter released him and mouthed: Fuck off. He didn’t need to be told twice. Carter exhaled his growl as the douchebag slunk off into the depths of the crowd, before he turned toward Peaches.”
― Sophie Jackson, A Pound of Flesh

“All he cared about was the woman wrapped in his arms, whispering her love for him, and the overwhelming sensation of hope that began to bloom among all the parts of him that belonged to his Grace.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope

“I know I hurt you and I’ll always be sorry for that. I’ll always been an addict but I can’t change that, either. All I can do is promise I’ll fight it every day. For us. For you.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope

“Do you know what I see when I look at you?”
Max shook his head fervently. “I’d rather not know—”
“I see a man who wants so much to be better, who regrets the decisions he made, who wants to make amends and move on with his life. I see a man terrified to take a chance, to trust, but desperate to do so. I see a man who’s fractured, but trying, I see hope.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope

“Don't be scared, not of me. I only want to love you.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope

“Doesn’t matter where you are,” he assured her. “You’re all I see”.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope

“I couldn't see anything but you. I don't crave anything but you.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope

“I need you.”
“Peaches…You have me. You always have.”
― Sophie Jackson, Love and Always

“just what the fuck he was meant to do with his life.”
― Sophie Jackson, An Ounce of Hope