B.A. Tortuga > Quotes

“He caught Ben's come in the napkin, the smell making his mouth water harder than any chile sauce could.”
― BA Tortuga, Collars and Cuffs

“brain could only take so much, and he was there. Comfortable numbness. Fragile stillness. One step from hysteria. Pick one.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“Greyson took it one day, sometimes one minute, at a time.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“No. No, I’m thinking too much. I—my scars aren’t pretty.” “Well, let me see them, and we’ll get that part over with.” Just as logical as shit and full speed ahead, wasn’t he?”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Wounded Warrior

“Crazy, how these tiny touches were so fucking huge. The whole cuddling on the couch thing made him a little dizzy.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Articles of Release

“It never ceased to amaze him, how he never knew when the last times were coming. The last time he chased butterflies. The last time he’d made love. The last time he walked on his own feet. The last time he slept like he was safe in his own bed.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“wanted to go with him! I wanted to go, but you needed me here! You needed me, and I stayed!”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“Everyone wanted to be so deep into a piece of land that you could see it writ in the lines on his face. Every single one of them wanted to be salt of the earth, wanted to be a working cowboy with scars from bleeding on land that was theirs. Every one of them wanted to know what was wrong with them that they didn’t have it.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“He could probably knock him out if he got the son of a bitch close enough… It would be tough to explain, but he could try. “Stop it with the plotting.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“We all know this sport is a young man’s game, and I ain’t getting any younger. I’ve been at loose ends for a couple of years, and Stetson, well, he’s given me a place to call home.” Curtis let him go, but only to reach into his pocket and pull out a little black box. “I’m hoping he’s gonna let me make it permanent.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“In fact, it kinda revved his engine. Luke liked a man who was good with his hands.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Wounded Warrior

“Steer me?” He didn’t want to bounce off things his first time in someone’s house.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Wounded Warrior

“He’d always known he still loved Stetson. Now Curtis knew he was still in love with him.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“This is about knowing that he had his person. That he had the man he talked to. Who knew his stories. Who wanted to make more stories with him.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Doing Life

“Somehow, he didn’t see this man in his pressed and starched jeans, Luccheses, jacket and tie working on a car, covered in oil.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Wounded Warrior

“She loves you dearly. She always did. Didn’t talk to me for six months after we split up.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“No, if Rory was gonna stop in the middle of a highway for some lost horses, he wasn’t gonna leave a guy hanging. Trust established.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Wounded Warrior

“No shit on that. I lost the sling, shared orgasms, napped, played with horses—hell, I’ve lived a whole lifetime today.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“The sound of the door slamming behind Curtis was the loudest thing he’d ever heard, and the silence left behind hurt as bad as the void left when he’d told Momma goodbye.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“This was so much more than sex. It wasn’t about fucking. This was about being in love.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Doing Life

“Herding Cats.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“His cowboy lover. Luke was this amazing mix of brave and vulnerable, strangely innocent about things and world-weary. Rory adored him.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Wounded Warrior

“Remember, Kyler, when you can’t do anything else, you breathe. You breathe, counting back from one hundred, and know that your heart is moving your blood, your lungs are working, your brain is getting oxygen. Just breathe.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“Lance was his person, and Sloan was going to keep him.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Doing Life

“It kinda made Kyler want to hit him over the damn head, but as much as he wanted to blame this on the cowboy, it was his fault.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Broken In

“Just because you got hurt, and you know how he’s feeling doesn’t mean that you are automatically required or able to put up with somebody else’s shit, right? Sometimes, sometimes you just can only put up with your own shit.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Doing Life

“He wanted to see Lance’s leg too, which was probably sick and weird, but he just wanted to put eyes on it, because once he knew, then he would be able to process it, deal with it, and accept it. Because no matter how ugly it was or how tore up it was, he’d handle it. Whatever he was imagining had to be worse than the reality.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Doing Life

“They were going to steam up the world together. He loved that idea. A lot.”
― B.A. Tortuga, The Articles of Release