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“Jack hadn’t thought of love as a promise before—a promise that, even when the world was falling down around him, would stay kept. But without Sutton saying a word, he knew that there would be comfort when he couldn’t sleep tonight. And tomorrow and the day after, there would be a home to go to, even if it was no more than a pair of arms around him and a head tucked close to his in the darkness.”
― Tamara Allen, Whistling in the Dark

“We all have so many faces. So many of which must be kept concealed.”
― Tamara Allen, Downtime

“Yawning, I stumbled off the trolley after him and tried to get
out of the way of people rushing aboard. Apparently manners weren' t a thing of the past.
They' d never existed at all.”
― Tamara Allen, Downtime

“Well, then, say you’re staying.” Derry blinked against the moist gleam in his eyes. “Did I not just say it’s where you belong, you great damn fool—” He choked off the sentence as he smothered Ez in a fierce hug and kissed his cheek. Ezra hugged him back and wheezed out an agreement to stay put. I couldn’t help marveling at the sight; it was something rare in my own time, fearless physical affection between guys. In trying to label each other and the whole world, we’d lost something precious. ”
― Tamara Allen, Downtime

“He laid his head on Reid's shoulder and shut his eyes, buoyed toward sleep by the affectionate comb of fingers through his hair. He could stay just so, and be content for all his days.”
― Tamara Allen

“A teasing response came to my lips and I swallowed it back. His eyes were gleaming with the tears he hadn’t so far shed. I couldn’t brush off a reaction like that. “I hated to do it that way. He’s your father and should love you unconditionally. If he can’t do that, at the very least he owes you the simple respect to let you live your life as you want to live it. We all owe that to each other.”
― Tamara Allen, Downtime

“I couldn’t help marveling at the sight; it was something rare in my own time, fearless physical affection between guys. In trying to label each other and the whole world, we’d lost something precious.

Allen, Tamara. Downtime (pp. 379-380). Edición de Kindle.”
― Tamara Allen

“Reid was quiet a minute, watching him with the look that could see so much. “You walked all the way down here to shake my hand.”
“I couldn’t let you go without being sure you knew….”
“What?”
“How much I wanted you to stay.” Jonah looked at him sidelong again, to see him smiling with more than mere satisfaction. “If you’re going to be unbearably smug about it, I will take back those words.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“More importantly…. Jonah turned to find Reid watching him fondly. If he was still susceptible to stumbling confessions, on this occasion he had no difficulty being succinct. “You’re here.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“You locked the door.”
“Edith has a key to the rooms.”
“No one will know, Jonah. Trust me.”
“Trust you? I don’t even like you.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Reid Hylliard could be the most exasperating man in all creation, but lying alone in the dark, Jonah missed him. He lay awake for some time, wondering if Reid missed him too.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Jonah let a cold smile come. “I’m quite aware of the direction you’d like to push me.” Reid had the brass to grin. “Mr. Woolner, you don’t have the first idea.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Oh yes, that’s right. It’s such a shame that people treat him like he’s one of them, or some kind of spy. It’s downright un-American behavior.”
― Tamara Allen, Another Place in Time

“By the time he’s fifteen, every man’s met the girl he wishes to marry. And consequently every girl after that.”
“It may be some of us aren’t meant to marry.”
“I suppose not.” Reid put on his hat. “But you’d agree all of us are meant to love.”
“I’ll allow that. But I’m not so naïve to imagine it will always prove out.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“You locked the door.”
“Edith has a key to the rooms.”
“No one will know, Jonah. Trust me.”
Jonah snorted softly. “Trust you? I don’t even like you.”
― Tamara Allen

“He is handsome?”
“Liliane, you’re married.”
She laughed. “My heart is sated, but my eyes still feast. Does he smile?”
“I suppose he does. Certainly when he thinks he’s gotten the better of me.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“I do wonder at your interest in whether someone may or may not be taken with you, when you are so thoroughly taken with yourself.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“You’re right. I can’t flirt.”
“That stumbling confession is better than all the flirting in the world.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“What do you want?”
“I know.”
“You don’t know anything.”
“I know it’s not me you’re jealous of.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Tell me you’ll keep this one,” he whispered.
“Fancy the man beneath the blue striped tie, do you?”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Irritated and impressed, Jonah turned to express the former, but a rueful
apology already curled Reid’s lips. “Habit,” he said. “Sorry.”
Vexation fading, Jonah couldn’t seem to pull away from the
embarrassed light in the hazel eyes. “A useful habit.”
Amber glints in the green brightened to gold, and the smile bloomed, cocksure. “Was that a word of approval?”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Jonah turned to find Reid watching him fondly. If he was still susceptible to stumbling confessions, on this occasion he had no difficulty being succinct. “You’re here.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Reid was watching him again, and despite the dazzle of light from above, his eyes seemed darker, the brown eclipsing the gold. The look in them washed over Jonah with a heat akin to standing too near a hearth fire.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold

“Peter smiled, a now-familiar wistful curve of the lips that couldn’t seem to reach full bloom. “Haven’t you ever wanted to stand on some isolated shore with a cold wind whipping through you, just to see if it feels any lonelier than walking with a crowd?”
― Tamara Allen, If It Ain't Love

“So you’re forgiving of any man willing to risk his life for the bank.”
“A bank is only as strong as its reputation.”
― Tamara Allen, The Only Gold