T.B. Markinson > Quotes

“I spied a copy of the novel Fifty Shades of Grey on the coffee table. “Haley, are you seriously reading that crap?” I gestured to the book with my glass.”
― T.B. Markinson

“I was finally tired of hiding behind bravado. My family had hurt me so many times that I had started to lie about my feelings to everyone. To Sarah. To Maddie. To Ethan. And to myself. I was like an iceberg, with ninety percent of my real feelings submerged so no one would know how vulnerable I truly felt. I lied so much, and so often, that even I didn’t know my true feelings anymore.”
― T.B. Markinson, A Woman Lost

“Every memory came flooding back of all the times she'd woken like this before, safe in Gina's arms. How often had she dreamed herself here over the years, only to find herself alone in an empty bed?”
― T.B. Markinson

“My eyes lingered on her naked body for several minutes. Was our relationship what she wanted? Was it satisfying for her? Was it what she dreamed of when she started falling in love with me? Did reality ever fulfill our dreams? Or do dreams just continually set us up for failure and disappointment?”
― T.B. Markinson, A Woman Lost

“Hey, I want to be a nobody. I strive to be a nobody.” She put both palms in the air and smiled. “It makes me free.”
― T.B. Markinson, The Chosen One

“What’s a lesbian card?” Hope asked. “Is it like a credit card? Do you have to pay a membership fee?”
― T.B. Markinson, The Love Project

“Kim rolled her eyes. “You pined over that straight best friend of yours until your sophomore year of college, and don’t try to deny it.” “Time honored tradition of my people,” Joni joked, doing her best to downplay a chapter in her life that had left more than a few scars.”
― T.B. Markinson, The Love Project

“Rowan still felt like a kid being marched to the principal’s office.”
― T.B. Markinson, The Anatomy of Forever

“How many witches decorated their stalls with fairy lights”
― T.B. Markinson, Say Cheese

“typical Type A behavior. I was obsessed with time management. I didn’t like people waiting for me. Worse, I hated waiting for others, but since I always arrived ridiculously early, I spent a lot of time waiting; hence, I always carried a book with me.”
― T.B. Markinson, Marionette

“Besides, I, for one, appreciate nice. And vanilla. Throw a few chocolate Jimmies on top and it ranks right up there with butter brickle.”
― T.B. Markinson, The Love Project

“I had the most amazing friendship I ever could’ve imagined, and I had to go and make it awkward. I got greedy and thought I could have it all.”
― T.B. Markinson, Book Lovers

“What use were friends when they disappeared the moment you needed them most?”
― T.B. Markinson, Devil's Advocate

“It lingered in the air for what seemed like hours and never failed to torment her with thoughts not suitable for work. Jack wasn’t sure what brand it was but assumed it must have a name like Untouchable Arrogance.”
― T.B. Markinson, Heart of Ice

“Because that was the only open square left on your gay stereotype Bingo card?”
― T.B. Markinson, Pieces of Us

“The heart can make people do all sorts of irrational things.”
― T.B. Markinson, Book Lovers

“small paper cup that looked like the type hospitals put pills in. ”
― T.B. Markinson, Pieces of Us

“She said a romantic getaway is always a good idea after a spat.”
― T.B. Markinson, The Love Project

“Oh my God. Are you telling me I’m a lesbian, and I didn’t know it?”
― T.B. Markinson, Book Lovers

“That’s so nice. It sucks to be in the hospital on a holiday”
― T.B. Markinson, The Anatomy of Forever

“She had to look like a clown,”
― T.B. Markinson, Pieces of Us

“It’s funny. The word lie is right in the middle of believe. As if the word gods never wanted us to truly believe in anything.”
― T.B. Markinson, A Shot at Love

“A child couldn’t have enough grandparents”
― T.B. Markinson, The Miracle Girl

“You’re my first thought every morning and the last thing on my mind every night as I fall asleep. I can’t imagine my life without you. It’s like being expected to live without being allowed to breathe. Gasping for air all the while wishing for death, because I don’t know how to live without you.”
― T.B. Markinson, Book Lovers

“Winston Churchill said: ‘Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.”
― T.B. Markinson, A Woman Lost

“Claudia’s eyes grew ten sizes when she saw Parker was armed once again. Great! Now she was being locked up with an eerily calm lunatic and an attack dog loyal to the lunatic.”
― T.B. Markinson, Claudia Must Die

“It’ll be over soon. Come on. What kind of beer would you like?” “Not Bud Light.” Joni shot her a look of pure revulsion. “Never in my life would I buy a woman a drink that’s the equivalent of yellow piss water, unless she absolutely insisted, and I’d still try to talk her out of it.”
― T.B. Markinson, The Love Project