D.J. Jamison > Quotes

“I’ll be your family, your home. No matter where you go. Because I know you didn’t choose Christmas Falls to be your forever home, and that’s okay, because Logan, you’d be my home too. Wherever you go, I’ll go. Just don’t leave me.”
― D.J. Jamison, Grinch Kisses

“I hadn’t been ready for him then, but now? Bring it the fuck on.”
― D.J. Jamison, Swiped by My Dad’s Best Friend

“I want Shiloh, but I’m broken. Doesn’t he deserve better?” “Don’t you deserve better?” she countered. “This is who I am. I don’t have a choice, but he does.” “So, give him a choice, then.”
― D.J. Jamison, Control Freak

“Adam, Baby? You're smart, but sometimes you're so... "dumb.”
― D.J. Jamison, Five Fake Dates

“You’re too hot,” I blurted. He blinked. “Sorry?” The urge to vomit rose suddenly. “I—I mean…I’m too hot.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“Divorce isn’t so easy on husbands and fathers either, from what I’ve seen.” He glanced at me. “Don’t be too hard on yourself,”
― D.J. Jamison, Don't Date a DILF

“He leaned in a little closer, eyes locked on mine. “No, Ev. Nervous isn’t the right word.” “What is?” I whispered. His gaze dropped to my mouth. He swiped his tongue over his bottom lip. “Lucky.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“Okay, Ev. This is it. A sexy man is in front of you. Flirt! “Did you want to make a drink?” I asked. “I can get out of your way.” I inwardly sighed. That was not flirting.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“I’d also gone to escape the feeling that if I didn’t, I’d spend my life watching Ly fall in love, get married, raise a family. And where would that leave me? The best friend that got to work manual labor beside him? The best friend who got to share a few beers on a weekend? The best friend who watched his kids so he and the wifey could have a date night? I hadn’t known who I was without Ly. But I’d known I had to figure it out if I wanted a life that didn’t turn me into nothing more than a bystander to happiness.”
― D.J. Jamison, Two Truths and a Lyle

“I was in too deep with a guy who didn’t want a future with me, but it was far too late to take back the parts of myself I’d given him. They were his forever, whether he wanted them or not.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“When he left, I’d deal with it the same way I did everything else. I’d throw myself into work and forget the rest of the world existed.”
― D.J. Jamison, Grinch Kisses

“My touch aversion is a shield I’ve hidden behind. I’m the one breaking the shield now. So that I can step out from behind it and truly live the way I want to.” “That’s scary, isn’t it? Giving up something that’s made you feel safe.” “Terrifying,” I said. “But the shield doesn’t only protect me. It stands between me and the people I love.”
― D.J. Jamison, Control Freak

“I will not lust after my sister’s boyfriend, I told myself sternly. I will not dream of letting him make my days merry and bright.”
― D.J. Jamison, Grinch Kisses

“Some sense of preservation made me say, “But you’ve got to kiss me first. I’ve never been properly kissed, and—” I want to be sure you’re not turned off by it. Dawson’s mouth came down on mine before I could finish my sentence.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“name—the one better known in this town, the one associated”
― D.J. Jamison, Don't Bang Your Stepbro

“Want you so much,” I growled between kisses. “Yes,” he muttered, shuddering as my lips moved to his neck. “Take me. Please. I’m yours.” “Not Jess’s,” I felt the need to confirm, even though she’d told me herself. “No, never,” he said, the words music to my ears. “I’m gay, Griff. The only one I want is you.” I pulled back to look him in the eye. “Then get on your knees.”
― D.J. Jamison, Grinch Kisses

“But I loved his lips against mine, and all that hate crumbled like a house of cards. Burned away by a single, sweet kiss, my hate morphed into want. I clung to his shoulders, kissing him back until he ended it.”
― D.J. Jamison, Naughty & Nice

“Yes, this was new. Yes, it was different. But I was one hundred percent here for it.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“Maybe it was okay to be brave. It was overdue, really. I’d shied away from making myself vulnerable to strangers. But I trusted Dawson. I felt closer to him than anyone—even Calista. He’d become my very best friend.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“That’s me. Geek to the rescue.” “Mm. Sexy geek.” He waggled his eyebrows. “I’m happy to be your dude in distress anytime.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“Lula asked as if plucking the thought form my mind.”
― D.J. Jamison, Noel I Won't

“Assuming he was willing to kneel for me. Beg for me. Take whatever I wanted to give him.”
― D.J. Jamison, Noel I Won't

“Not that it mattered. I wasn’t interested in men. Not even sweet geeks like Evan.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“My family had also been unsurprised when I announced at my twelfth birthday party that I’d wished for a boyfriend when I blew out the candles.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan

“I drifted to sleep with his gentle voice in my ear, telling me how much he loved me without once saying the word. And I realized… I loved him too.”
― D.J. Jamison, Never Have I Evan