Joan Wells

“The only thing her mother knew how to do was take. Take interest, take advantage, then take the nearest exit. Too bad she never learned to take responsibility.”
― Victorine E. Lieske, Accidentally Married

“Saskia stopped speaking when Jahleel started searching all around. Pulling out the desk drawers and closing them. Looking under the desk. Emptying his sweats pockets, pulling them inside out. “Wha-what are you doing?” she asked with a tinge of hope to her voice. “Looking for a fuck to give.”
― Cole Books, Keeping Jahleel

“But it’s a lie. No relationship is perfect. There’s always an ugly story swept under a rug of happy pictures and smiles. ‘Cause when you find the one, it’s just too fuckin’ hard to give them up, no matter the pain, no matter the shame, no matter the cost. So we have to patch up that fuckin’ rift, and love with a broken love. And it will challenge us to love harder, stronger, with more faith. Love fierce enough to overcast that rift, to make sure it never breaks open again.”
― Cole Books, Keeping Jahleel

“It was first love. Nothing else is quite like that,” I said. “Do you know what I mean?”
― Leigh James, Escorting the Billionaire