Leighton Greene > Quotes

“if they can't handle me at my worst, I figure they don't deserve me at my best.”
― Leighton Greene, Taming Tristan

“I asked you if you were crying,” Xander says softly. “And you said, ‘Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet: If it could weep, it could arise and go.’ It stopped me in my tracks, actually.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”
― Leighton Greene, Obey the Rules

“money makes the law. When you’re rich enough, you can do what you want.”
― Leighton Greene, Kissed by a Killer

“I don’t want to be a fucking martyr about it. I can’t keep setting myself on fire to keep other people warm, and then complaining that I’m in agony. You know?”
― Leighton Greene, Winter Wonders

“I’ve killed men for insulting me like that,” I snarled.

“Then they fucking died for nothing, baby, ’cause you dress like middle-management at a department store.”
― Leighton Greene, Married to the Mobster

“I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“Here’s to being gentle with hearts, no matter what we might do with bodies.”
― Leighton Greene, Star Spanked

“But I notice the way his thumb brushes across my bottom lip as he pulls back—strangely gentle”
― Leighton Greene, The Beast Who Bought Me

“I know you,” I say, and I’m starting to see things swirling a little around the edges of my vision.

He smirks.

“You’re Lucifer fuckin’ Morningstar, cast out of heaven and landed here in the greatest city on earth.”
― Leighton Greene, Married to the Mobster

“I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you. It won’t be too long, baby. XR PS Remember to use the sharpie!!”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“Just one month,” the guy in the mirror tells me this morning. “You can survive anything for a month. And one day”
― Leighton Greene, The Beast Who Bought Me

“Love takes work, but when two people are actually committed to each other, it takes a lot of the difficulty out of it. Or at least there's a reward there, and I think that's what keeps people going.”
― Leighton Greene, Winter Wonders

“These people see my social worth. Half of them see him as some hired bodyguard. The ones in the know? They just see the beast who bought me.”
― Leighton Greene, The Beast Who Bought Me

“One last thing,” he says, when we’re finally coming to a close. “I’d like you to kneel for me.” “Kneel for you? Like, just randomly in the middle of the room?” “Nope. When you feel like I’ve earned it. But I want to make sure you’re okay with that. I know we said no protocols, but this is something I like. As a sign of respect.” What the hell is this about? I shrug. “Okay, Caveman. If I feel like you’ve earned it, I’ll kneel for you.”
― Leighton Greene, Taming Tristan

“asked you if you were crying,” Xander says softly. “And you said, ‘Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet: If it could weep, it could arise and go.’ It stopped me in my tracks, actually.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“Xander falls back on the pillow and starts singing a Talking Heads song under his breath. Ben recognizes it: Psycho Killer.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“No. I did spend a couple of hours regurgitating chocolate while you were asleep.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“We don’t follow the rules because we’re afraid of the consequences if we don’t,” Xander says. “We follow them because we want to. Because we choose to.”
― Leighton Greene, Obey the Rules

“Press forth red drops, confession drops, Stain every page, stain every song I sing, every word I say, bloody drops.”
― Leighton Greene, Obey the Rules

“like my guys nervy before we scene, but not too nervy; fear is part of that fight-or-flight response I’m looking for with Primal, but it’s not the end goal.”
― Leighton Greene, Taming Tristan

“My senses were telling me to get down on my knees and open my mouth to taste his cock instead of his food, but I didn’t think that would be appropriate to say at a job interview.”
― Leighton Greene, Star Spanked

“I could throw myself down the stairs and break my arm.” “Break your neck, you mean.” “That wouldn’t happen. I’m graceful.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules

“You were made for this, kid,” I said in his ear. “Made for loving. Made for me.”
― Leighton Greene, Enticed by the Enemy

“Stay with me, Georgie,” I say. “Stay with me and make me your New York Queen. Marry my fortune, take my lands, use my body to sire your heirs.”
― Leighton Greene, Married to the Mobster

“Love can bloom in improbable places, but wherever it happens to grow, the blossom is sweet.”
― Leighton Greene, Star Spanked

“When I’m looking at you this close—when I know I’m about to kiss you again—I can’t think of anything except you.”
― Leighton Greene, Kissed by a Killer

“Love's mysteries in souls do grow, but yet the body is his book.”
― Leighton Greene, Learn the Rules