Sarina Bowen > Quotes

“But here’s the thing about family, Ryan…blood doesn’t mean shit. You just need to surround yourself with people who do love you, and they become your family.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I’ve been walking around with a hollow chasm in my chest where my heart used to be.
But that gaping hole is full again. My heart is back, because Jamie is here.
And he fucking loves me.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Jamie Canning was my first crush and my first love. But he was never mine to have.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Love is friendship set in fire.”
― Sarina Bowen, Us

“My dick and I reached an understanding.” “Yeah? And what’s that?” I ask curiously. He shrugs. “We both like you.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I…” He clears his throat. “I’d let you do it, though.” My hand freezes in his hair. “You would?” Wes nods. “I’d let you do anything to me, Canning.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Our mouths fit together so perfectly. Every time we kiss, I fall even more in love with him, and it has nothing to do with sex or lust. It's him. His closeness and his scent and the way he soothes me.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I hold him as close as I dare. Even if my entire life goes to shit before breakfast tomorrow, I’ll always have this night.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“God, when I go gay, I really go gay.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Because I’d wanted to touch him more than I’d wanted my next breath.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Like me, Jamie has two speeds: horny and asleep.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“His gaze had the intensity of a laser. “But it’s not the same with you.” My heart faltered. “Why?” “Because, Callahan.” The brown eyes came closer. “I never loved anyone the way I love you.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Year We Fell Down

“He kissed me between the shoulder blades. “Getting along together was never the problem with you and me,” he said. “We’re both easy. It’s just the rest of the world that’s hard.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Understatement of the Year

“-Have I ever told you that you're beautiful?
-Any time I offer you food.
-Exactly. Gimme that.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Year We Fell Down

“It’s us. And it’s perfect.”
― Sarina Bowen, Us

“Every kiss still felt like a gift, because I knew how much they cost him.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Understatement of the Year

“Did he open the wrong... “Probably shouldna opened all those drawers,” Blake carries on, rubbing his chin. “Ya can’t unsee some of those toys. But everybody has to have his own kinda fun.”
― Sarina Bowen, Us

“and—wait, I’m sorry, did you call me Ryan Theodore?” She waves her hand as if the question is inconsequential. “I don’t know your middle name so I had to make one up. Because, sweetie, you really needed to be middle-named for mangling those poor onions.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I love you. The words are always right there on the tip of my naughty tongue. I swallow them back like I need to and say something much more practical instead. “Have you ever been acquainted with your prostate?”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Why hasn’t anyone ever told me the prostate was some kind of magical pleasure zone? Are there unicorns and orgasm fairies dancing around in there?”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“You really do love me, huh?”
“Always have.” I swallowed hard. “Always will.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Ready to come harder than you’ve ever come in your life?” I ask solemnly, lifting one of his knees up. He smiles. “You sure you want to put that much pressure on yourself, dude?” “No pressure. Just fact. Science has proven it.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Everybody has their shit to shovel,Callahan.Everybody.Now,yours is right up front where everybody can see it.I don't envy you that.But everybody has some,whether you can see it or not.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Year We Fell Down

“My weakness is him.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I'm like the worst queer dude ever. Somebody pass me the manual!”
― Sarina Bowen, Us

“Jesus. Good thing he’s not a traffic cop, because he’s sending enough mixed signals to cause a ten-car pileup.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day Pat walked into the gym and found us—me, flat on my stomach with Jamie’s knee digging into the back of my neck, while I yelled “Ballsack!” over and over again.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“Everybody has their shit to shovel,”
― Sarina Bowen, The Year We Fell Down

“I am not a snob, because I know opulence doesn't stamp out ignorance and unhappiness.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“I, Ryan,” his husky voice repeats, “take you, James, to be my friend and husband.” “To be yours in times of plenty and in times of want.” “To be yours in times of plenty…” He clears his throat, and his cheeks pink up. “And in times of want.” “In times of sickness and in times of perfect health…” Wes repeats each line slowly, though his voice becomes a little rougher each time. “I promise to cherish and respect you…” His eyes are wet now, and I clutch my flowers a little more tightly. Come on, sweetie, I silently encourage him. You’re almost there. I feel Jamie lean forward a degree or two, squeezing Wes’s hand. “To care for and protect you,” he gets out. Then one fat tear launches itself from his eye and down his rugged cheek. My heart breaks into little tiny splinters. Maybe I didn’t enjoy planning this wedding, but I’m sure as hell happy to be part of it now. “And stay by your side, forever,” Wes finishes eventually.”
― Sarina Bowen, Good Boy