J.L. Mac > Quotes

“I didn’t have anyone, but every time I walked through those doors I felt like each of those authors was my family and the characters they created were all my friends. I counted on them. They were all I ever had. All I still have. Now that the store may go out of business I feel like I’m losing my family and friends. I love all my books. Being a book lover saved my life.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“You may not realize it yet, but you’re mine. Not because I am claiming you. You’re mine because that’s how it is.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“The only thing I want from you is you.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“If you’re looking for lollipops and rainbows while you shop for the latest best seller, you best not come to me. I won’t chat you up and tell you how cute your kid is. I won’t smile and flirt. I won’t stroke your ego about the jewelry you are wearing or the shirt you have on. I will help you find what you need. I will recommend books and hell I even talk about what I liked about one book over another but all that other shit is just not my thing.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“I live to make you smile, Josephine.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“His presence is the medicine that soothes my wounds.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“I feel like my world is crumbling beneath my feet but Damon walks in and I have something to grab onto. It’s frightening and comforting all in the same.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“His warm eyes stay locked onto mine and I want to melt right on the spot. I know him but I don’t. I want him but I don’t. I need him but I don’t.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“My heart resides with you.”
― J.L. Mac, Restore Me

“Watching him is intoxicating. I couldn’t dream up a more beautiful man.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“You may not realize it yet, but you’re mine. Not because I am claiming you. You’re mine because that’s how it is. I feel like I have waited my whole life to find you. Before we met in that store I dreamed of you every night. I wondered where you were and when I’d find you. Now that I have, you’d be crazy if you think I would just let you go. I don’t see a need for protection. I don’t want a damn thing between us.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“Books are what you love. They are what you know. It's obviously your passion. I didn't want you to lose that. You've lost enough”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“I am ashamed to admit that I have contemplated living versus ending it all.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“The idea of having faith in anything to a homeless teenager is just asinine.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“I saw you on that beach and I knew that you had to be mine. I had to have you. I knew that you were who I was looking for. I would have waited for you forever if I had to.”
― J.L. Mac, Vital Sign

“I am tied up in nothing but stilettos and I feel hot.”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“I just don't care for apologies. They're never sincere. I can vouch for this since I have the urge at this very moment to apologize for being so rude. But honestly, my impulse to apologize is only because I feel uncomfortable with the guilt I feel and my stupid human brain associates an apology with mollifying my own discomfort. Apologies are just a reminder of how selfish people are.”
― J.L. Mac

“I couldn’t possibly love you any more than I already do. Josephine, my heart resides with you forevermore.” He remembers the quote on the back of my mother’s watch. The same quote my father said to my mother. My heart squeezes painfully and I swear I could die of contentment.”
― J.L. Mac

“I landed myself in the Beast's castle but insted of me changing him, he changed me. Completely. Irrevocably. Eternally.”
― J.L. Mac, The Beast of Boston

“In spite of myself, you are my truth. you are my constant. You are my proof of life. You are my vital sign. With you, I more than breathe-I live.”
― J.L. Mac, Vital Sign

“He's a handsome man. A beautiful monster. The Father and Holy Grail of all bad boys.”
― J.L. Mac, The Beast of Boston

“I had no way of knowing that resisting grief also meant resisting life.”
― J.L. Mac, Vital Sign

“moving boxes full of my useless junk. I can think of someone”
― J.L. Mac, Wreck Me

“I know his name is Alexander McBride, he's twenty-nine years old, and he's the person that's walking around with Jake's heart in his chest. I dislike him already.”
― J.L. Mac, Vital Sign

“I wondered who's world had just fallen apart as mine came together. I wondered who the person was that loved the donor most. I wondered who it was that had me feeling an insurmountable heap of guilt simply for needing the transplant and then living through it. I wondered who I owed my life to.”
― J.L. Mac, Vital Sign

“What is it that you were born to do Zander?..........To mend you when the world breaks you. To keep you safe. To tell you when you're wrong but scream to the world that you're right. To stand beside you no matter what comes our way. To wager my next breath, against all odds if I have to, just to see you happy. To love you.”
― J.L. Mac, Vital Sign