S.E. Jakes > Quotes

“I'm Prophet."

"Seriously?"

"Why? What's your name--Jesus?”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“Once I fucked you, it would be all over for me. I had to have a guarantee I could get you back. Christ, Blue, the first time I saw you, I wanted to throw you over the couch and fuck you."

Blue flushed but smiled a little. "So why didn't you?"

"Common decency."

"Highly overrated.”
― S.E. Jakes, Free Falling

“Way I figure it, if I'm forced to have a partner, might as well have one with benefits. If you're annoying me, fucking you will be more satisfying than punching you." Prophet grinned, then added slyly, "And I could punch you afterwards.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“You planted a bug on me?”

“Yes.”

“And you don’t think that was wrong?”

“I don’t care.”

Prophet blinked. “Fuck. That’s something I’d say.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“You don’t have to flirt, T. I’m not a chick.”

“That mean I don’t have to buy you dinner afterward?”

“No, I definitely want dinner.” Prophet paused. “Maybe I am a chick.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“You’ll end up with a man whose name starts with E. And he’ll rip through your life like a tornado. Then again, a tornado can handle a volcano.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“What would you do?"

"Is this one of those morality questions? Cause I got Unsatisfactory on my last few official psych evals when I answered the so-called morality questions.”
― S.E. Jakes, Free Falling

“Need help washing other places?”

“Yeah. I’m really dirty.”

“I can’t believe you said that with a straight face.”

“I can’t believe you’ll do it anyway.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“Were we ever that beautiful?”
“You still are,” Roger told him. “Maybe we should make the most of the hurricane.”
“This was definitely foreplay.”
“It’s like Tumblr, the live version.”
Dave chuckled. “True. But I did not see it coming.”
“Maybe hurricanes affect gaydar?”
“How much did you have to drink?”
“Enough to pretend we can still have sex like that.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“You're doing it wrong."

"Son, I've got a gun to your chest and you're telling me that I'm doing it wrong?"

"Yes"

"How?"

"Closer isn't better." He disarmed her with a swift motion, then offered the weapon back to her. "Further away you are, the less unpredictable I can be."

Della's eyes had opened wide with surprise, but she recovered fast. Took the shotgun back and said, "Okay. Knock again so we can start over.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Needing someone this much couldn’t be fucking normal”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“You are so fucking good for me and so fucking bad for me at the same time."

"It's not good if you don't have the mix of both.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Are we just going to keep having sex so we can avoid talking about what we need to talk about?"

Prophet pulled back and looked between Tom's legs.

"What?"

"Just checking to make sure you still have a dick."

"Same one that fucked you through the wall while you begged for it," Tom pointed out, and Prophet eyes grew heavy lidded with lust again. "You're so easy, Proph."

"For you.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Could you bite back your complaints? You're fucking with my run."
"Your run is fucking with my ability to complain," Tom called back.”
― S.E. Jakes, Daylight Again

“What else do you want to do to me?" Jace asked, and Clint smiled. "That's a wicked look you've got going on."

"Just remember, you're the one who asked for it."

"It was merely a conversation starter."

"Consider it started. Now I'm going to finish it.”
― S.E. Jakes, Bound by Danger

“Like what you see?” Prophet asked, his voice a quiet yet dangerous rumble, heavily laced with sarcasm.

Even so, Tom answered him seriously. “Yes.”

“That’s because you’re seeing two of me.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“You stole his truck?”
“Borrowed,” Prophet corrected. “Remy thought of it when I took him home.”
“Did you just blame a fifteen-year-old kid for why you stole—”
“—borrowed—”
“—a truck?”
Prophet shrugged. “Little bit.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“Rules are usually in place because they help the people who made them, more than the people who have to follow them. Same goes for people who have questions they want you to answer. Keep some shit just for you. Gives you an edge”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“I realize you're planning on fighting all the dragons single-handedly-"
"I'm going to protect you from John, dammit. Show him that he can't fucking mess with you. This is about territory."
Tom narrowed his eyes. "Are you going to piss a circle around me too?"
"If that's what it takes.”
― S.E. Jakes, Daylight Again

“Talk later." Prophet kissed the side of his neck.
"Fuck, then sleep, then fuck again, then pack."
"Good itinerary.”
― S.E. Jakes, Daylight Again

“Come on, bebe. Let’s play gator.”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“ 'Seriously, I'm going to kill you,' Tom told him, then muttered, 'If I can't hide the body well enough, it will so be worth it going to jail.' ”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“Mal did as he was told without a backward glance at any of them. Tom did see him hold up his middle finger as he left.

He guessed it was kind of like his gang sign. Or his message to the entire world.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“How did we go from cocks to this? Because I gotta tell you, cocks are more fun. Especially mine.”
― S.E. Jakes, Dirty Deeds

“Letting me know your email address. Big step. Sure you're ready for that kind of commitment?"
"I'm pretty sure I want you to shut up and open your ass for me.”
― S.E. Jakes, Dirty Deeds

“The people who need us the most are drawn to us, no matter how we try to outrun them. They find us and eventually they heal us, no matter how resistant we are.”
― S.E. Jakes, Bound by Law

“Tom smiled and surrendered to the inevitable. Because you couldn’t escape your fucking past, so why bother trying?”
― S.E. Jakes, Long Time Gone

“If you were mine, I'd make you pierce it, just because,”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost

“He's a little more...psychotic than usual," Tom said quietly.
"How so?"
"He took C-4 to bed with him."
Prophet shrugged. "He's always done that.”
― S.E. Jakes, Daylight Again

“Because you couldn’t make your own luck. You were either born with it or you weren’t.”
― S.E. Jakes, Catch a Ghost