Jay Northcote > Quotes

“Is that a yes?” Sean’s dark gaze flicked up to meet Justin’s, before Justin threw his head back onto the pillow, closed his eyes, and let Jesus take the wheel.”
― Jay Northcote, What Happens at Christmas

“Le etichette possono essere riduttive. A volte bisogna smettere di pensare a genere e orientamento e concentrarsi sulla persona. Se ti importa di qualcuno, se ti senti bene quando siete insieme, se ti eccita... allora che importanza ha tutto il resto?”
― Jay Northcote, Helping Hand

“I should get over it and go back to pining over celebrities instead. At least they’re completely unobtainable so it’s less depressing when they don’t like me back.”
― Jay Northcote, Rainbow Place

“He growled, a harsh tearing rumble of fury and fear combined. “What is it?” Matt asked. “Oh fuck, of course you can’t answer me. Jesus, it’s like a paranormal Lassie film.”
― Jay Northcote, The Half Wolf

“What the ever-loving fuck was a cuddle puddle?”
― Jay Northcote, Why Love Matters

“Martin tangled his fingers fiercely in Alastair’s hair”
― Jay Northcote, Why Love Matters

“Was it really too much to ask to find a single bloke who was actually interested in more than just a hook up?”
― Jay Northcote, Secret Santa

“This is what happiness feels like. I’ve missed it. Even”
― Jay Northcote, Imperfect Harmony

“I can hear you overthinking from here. Stop it.”
― Jay Northcote, A Family for Christmas

“It’s as if you had a story together and it was never finished. You never got to know the ending because a whole fucking chunk of the pages have been torn out of the back of the book. And it’s so unfair.” The”
― Jay Northcote, Imperfect Harmony

“balance is all off. I’m up to my neck where he’s still only knee-deep.”
― Jay Northcote, Second Chance

“the stars sometimes, and felt his worries fade away to insignificance amid the vastness of the universe.”
― Jay Northcote, Coming Home

“- If you’re going to be with Rupert, you’d need to stop… turning tricks or whatever you call it.
- I call it fucking guys for money - Josh said dryly.”
― Jay Northcote, Like a Lover

“Drowning his misery with alcohol and junk food was like sticking plaster on an infected cut. It masked it temporarily, but only made it fester under the surface till it came spilling out again.”
― Jay Northcote, Secret Santa

“Bullshit. You’re as much of a man as I am. You’re the sleek little sports car to my Land Rover.”
― Jay Northcote, All Man

“Jago wove his way through the throng to reach his mates from college. There was a big group of them there already, seven or eight at least by the look of things. Tom, who’d called him over, clapped Jago on the shoulder and pulled”
― Jay Northcote, Coming Home

“Once he’d given up trying to pretend to the world—and to himself—that he was female, his depression and anxiety had lifted like the mist that dulled the landscape around them. Everything was brighter now, more in focus. He was living the life he was supposed to have, instead of going through the motions of one he’d been allocated rather than chosen.”
― Jay Northcote, Second Chance

“Ewan started with Dev’s balls, licking and nuzzling them, feeling the texture of Dev’s skin and hair against his lips and tongue. Of course he got a pube stuck somewhere in his mouth. He tried to ignore it at first, but he worried it was going to end up in his throat. “Sorry, hang on a sec.” Ewan pulled away and reached into his mouth with a finger to catch the hair lodged somewhere on the roof of his mouth. “There. Got it!” “Is”
― Jay Northcote, Practice Makes Perfect

“Per Jamie era troppo, ma non si ritrasse. Rimase sveglio a lungo, circondato dal profumo di Mark e dolorosamente consapevole del peso di lui tra le sue braccia.”
― Jay Northcote, Nothing Serious

“He was waiting at the counter with a pile of junk food, which was the best the shop could offer: a plastic-wrapped pasty”
― Jay Northcote, The Half Wolf

“It’s ironic, really, isn’t it? Nineteen-year age gap, and it’s the old bloke who comes in his pants, and the twenty-something with performance issues.”
― Jay Northcote, Imperfect Harmony