Nick Nowak Quotes

“Grieving is like being set afire. Except when you try to put out the flames they disappear; when you try to salve your wounds you find your skin unblemished. You take a breath, thinking the worst has passed, and then grief bursts into flame anew. It rages, it roars, it smolders, all at its own unfathomable whim. You can't shake it; you have no choice but to burn.”
― Marshall Thornton, Murder Book

“Don’t call me Daddy unless you mean it.”
“How do you know I don’t mean it?”
“Because your clothes are on and your ass isn’t in the air.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“I was staring down thirty-five in a few months. While I might have thought forty was old when I was her age, I’d since decided to move that particular goal post down the field to somewhere around sixty. And I reserved the right to make it even older if I survived the next ten years.”
― Marshall Thornton, From the Ashes

“I suppose if I were looking for love in the eyes of every guy I fucked, I’d have been offended.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“I gave him a weak smile. The thing was, I don't like him, or, at least, not much, but he was young and didn't really understand you didn't need to like someone to fuck them.”
― Marshall Thornton, A Time For Secrets

“I stacked my plate with two blueberry muffins, three scoops of scrambled eggs, a half a pound of bacon, grits, sausage gravy, two waffles with a pint of syrup—and a side dish of fruit, because I like to eat healthy.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“People say love is the international language. I'd say jealousy and anger are also pretty articulate.”
― Marshall Thornton, Little Boy Afraid

“Stop being sexy. We’re in public.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“Killing someone, even a bad someone, didn’t feel good. It wasn’t like in the movies where you kill someone and then in the next scene, you’re back to looking for the nuclear codes or searching for the kidnappers or back undercover trying to take down the evil drug lord. No, in real life you feel shitty about it for a long time. Still, I was beginning to think that feeling shitty might be better than feeling dead.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“Before VCRs, people used to decorate the tops of their TVs with family photos.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“N-O-W-A-C-K.”
“No C.”
“Oh. Okay. N-O-W-A-C.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“That was a very short conversation in which Tony had managed to lie to me, threaten me, and flirt with me. That took a lot of skill. My guess was they’d be promoting him soon.”
― Marshall Thornton, Lucky Days

“Getting fucked really isn't my thing."
"Well, thank you for faking it. You're a good actor.”
― Marshall Thornton, Little Boy Afraid

“Vincent inhaled sharply and mumbled something like "oh my God". I wasn't sure what he was oh-my-God-ing about since he was still struggling to get my jeans open.”
― Marshall Thornton, Little Boy Afraid

“Please don't tell Juan."
"I don't work for Juan, I work for you."
"Oh thank God."
"As long as no one assassinates you with their tongue I've done my job.”
― Marshall Thornton, Little Boy Afraid