Casey Cox > Quotes

“Family isn't just the people you share blood with—it's the tribe you seek out and choose.”
― Casey Cox, Got Me Looking

“I've always had a duality in me. I've tried to suppress it. Hide it. Avoid it. Mask it. It's taken me forty-one damn years to realize it's useless to try to change my innate nature. I'm not hurting anyone, I'm just not conforming to outdated and bullshit notions of what a man—mountain or otherwise—should be. For the first time in my life, the duality within me is united.”
― Casey Cox, The Reclusive Mountain Man

“Life is as simple or as complicated as you want to make it,”
― Casey Cox, The Quirky Vet

“True." Words fizzle on my tongue, and I'm see-sawing whether to say them or not. Fuck it. You only live one. "There's so much crap going on in our lives but this"—I tap my chest and then bring my fingers to his—"this is good, right? It's…real?" I may be sure of my feelings, but I want to make sure Leo's on the same page.
"Yeah. It's real." He blows out a breath as his eyes flutter shut. "So fucking real.”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“Besides, it isn't always about the destination, getting there can be half the fun. Especially if the destination is O-Town, and the journey involves pit stops at Docking Drive, Blowjob Bay, and may even include the occasional detour to Assfucking Avenue.”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“He's got a life waiting for him when he leaves. And so do I. All we have is this moment, this one night together. My only goal is to enjoy it while it lasts.”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“We lead two very different lives.
We live on opposite coasts.
We barely know each other.
They all make sense, and yet…they also don't.”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“It is not in any way selfish for you to take some time to focus on yourself. Mental health is given a lot of lip service these days, but it requires more than that. You need to take action, and that’s exactly what you’re doing right now. You’re facing your truth and living your life honestly. You need to do you. That’s not selfish. That takes real courage and strength.”
― Casey Cox, Got Me Thinking

“When you love someone, you do anything for them.”
― Casey Cox, Got Me Looking

“That's the thing, when people don't talk, when they worry more about how people might react than dealing with the situation at hand, it fucks things up even more.”
― Casey Cox, The Flirty Vet

“Out there, our lives are falling apart. But in here, with you…" I point a finger toward him. "With you I only feel good,warm, and happy things. Like… Like I've found my home."
The corners of Leo's eyes start to water and the tiniest tremble runs along his lower lip. "This is… I never expected… I'm as happy as I am confused, and I think I might quite possibly be losing my mind. You do things to me. Make me feel things I was sure I was done with.”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“Just keep talking, and don't overthink things too much. Life is as simple or as complicated as you want to make it, Muir.”
― Casey Cox, The Quirky Vet

“Tal pulls me in for a hug, and even in a crowded bar, in a dark passageway that leads to the restrooms, it's the best fucking hug in the world.”
― Casey Cox, The Reclusive Mountain Man

“there's no greater gift in the world than someone sharing their vulnerabilities with you. It doesn't make a person weak, it only makes them stronger, if you ask me.”
― Casey Cox, The Reclusive Mountain Man

“It's a good reminder to always tell your loved ones how you feel because you never know when you might not be able to say those words to them again.”
― Casey Cox, The Quirky Vet

“Life isn’t perfect. People make mistakes. And relationships get messy. As long as you’re a good person inside, that’s what counts. Because it means you’ll be able to steer yourself through the choppy waters of life.”
― Casey Cox, Got Me Thinking

“Society tells us that men like me aren't supposed to have soft sides. We're supposed to be tough and burly and scary looking. Why can't I choose who I am? Why can't I be in touch with both my masculine and feminine sides?”
― Casey Cox, The Reclusive Mountain Man

“I have so much love for him, and it fills me with a deep sense of knowing. A knowing that even though life rarely turns out the way we want or expect it to, in the end, everything turns out for the best. That the unexpected, even the unwanted moments, lead us forward and onto new things. New experiences. New
people.
Even if it takes some of us a few decades longer than others to see it, we all can get there in the end.”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“None of this makes sense. It's like a fever dream. How can something so good and bad be happy at the same time?”
― Casey Cox, Heart Unbroken

“So, yeah. My feelings are clear—I like kissing my best mate, and there's a high probability that's a sign I have deeper feelings for him than I ever knew. Now I just have to play the waiting game until he figures out where he's at.”
― Casey Cox, The Quirky Vet

“What we had was the dictionary definition of a perfect friendship. I could be my weird-ass, gwerking, horrible-food-concocting self with him. And he could be his slightly neurotic, overly organized and way too concerned with what others thought of him self with me. It was a symbiosis that we had spent seventeen years crafting, refining, and mastering. I wasn’t going to let anything destroy it.”
― Casey Cox, Getaway

“We’re not friends, but we are friendly-ish. And I’m happy she’s the first person I came out to. Yep. I was finally able to acknowledge something I’d been denying for a long time. I’m gay. And now, I’m ready to tell my friends. Whenever they get around to knocking on my damn door, that is.”
― Casey Cox, Got Me Thinking

“It's not a crush, and it's more than just physical attraction. I'm all-out, head over heels, slap-me-sideways in love with him.”
― Casey Cox, The Reclusive Mountain Man