Tyler King > Quotes

“You’re an adventure. I’ve never been bored a day in my life.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Successful people always say that the trick to a happy life is never having regrets. That’s a load of bullshit. If we regret nothing, then we’ve never truly failed, never truly hurt, and never really lost. Without regret, we have never acted with all our passion and anger and love and hope only to have our skull stomped on while we bite a street curb. Those soft, empty people don’t know the satisfaction of rehabilitation. They have nothing but optimism, because optimism thrives where conflict is absent. Conflict makes us hearty. Hearty lives flourish in the blackest depths and the driest soil. I”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Listen, MacKay. When a woman gives you an invitation to handle her in public, you count your lucky stars and take her to the floor.” Fuck,”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“We tend to make friends with people who possess personality traits we covet. Just something to consider.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“My Hadley didn’t live atop a pedestal. Neither of us was under any misconception that we were anything but flawed individuals with extensive backgrounds in mistakes and bad decisions. We’d both inflicted pain on each other and suffered our fair share. Despite all of that, and maybe because of it, her lips joined with mine felt like salvation.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“This complicated, infuriating woman had never been easy. Our lives would never be simple. I didn’t love her because it was painless. We were a fucking mess and sometimes it hurt. But she understood me the way no one else could. And I’d never give up on her without a fight.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Making love to you is the happiest memory I can’t stand to think about. Nothing has ever felt so perfect.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Fact was, I never had a fucking clue what was going on in her head, but I’d give anything to still have the right to ask.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Is there a trick to it?” she asked. “Just like a Popsicle.” Hadley’s smirk grew menacing. “Forget that. You chew your Popsicles. Do not bite it off,” I scolded her. Punky”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“You’ve always had my heart.”
She looked up, biting her lip and failing to hide her sweet smirk. “That was the cheesiest line I’ve ever heard.”
“That? That’s what you tell me when I profess my undying love for you? Fuck, Punky. You’re killing me.”
She laughed, grabbing two fistfuls of my hair and shaking my head. “I love you.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“My life didn’t begin until I met you. I’ve loved you every day that matters. I’m so fucking in love with you and you scare the shit out of me.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Punky?” I took her face in my good hand, running my thumb over her cheek. “I love you. I’m proud of you. And no matter what happens, I’m always here.”
“Fuck, MacKay. Go fish your balls out of my backpack, will ya?”
“That’s my girl.”
― Tyler King, The Debt

“Quit apologizing. If you walk around like a charity case, that’s how people will treat you.”
“Then stop acting like my chaperone.”
“I’m not going to let you get absorbed and disappear. So you might try a little gratitude.”
“And a touch of humility wouldn’t kill you.”
“I tried it once. Didn’t suit me.”
No kidding.”
― Tyler King, Riot Street

“What do we tell people?”
“Nothing if you don’t want to. Or the truth: you’re mine and I’m not giving you back.”
“And what are you?”
“Infatuated.”
― Tyler King, Riot Street

“Fuck you. I’m not a child.”
… “No,” he says. “You’re not. So grow up.”
“Oh, is it time for my maturity lesson from a man who can’t go one day without throwing a tantrum in the office?”
“You are such a fucking brat.”
“Suck my dick.”
He flinches and stand upright. Then a smirk creeps across his lips.
“Excuse me? Did you tell me to suck your dick?”
A snort escapes me, and I slap my hand over my mouth.
“Jesus Christ.” He shakes his head, laughing. “This girl just told me to suck her dick. I have nothing to say to that. I’m honestly impressed.”
― Tyler King, Riot Street

“You’re like my own polite stalker. It’s only a little creepy.”
“There it is.” Taking a bite, he reclines and stares up at the ceiling. “She said the S-word.”
“Really. I mean, I get it. I’m fascinating. You’re obsessed with me. Just as long as you don’t let it interfere with doing our jobs.”
He laughs, shaking his head. “You’re such a brat.”
“Creeper.”
― Tyler King, Riot Street

“We’re both adults. Why should I deprive myself of the one person I want because we’re inconveniently employed?”
― Tyler King, Riot Street