--- title: "1 Imperfect Human Quotes By Shelby Reed" description: "1 Imperfect Human quotes by Shelby Reed. Plus more from Shelby Reed and more Imperfect Human sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/shelby-reed-24971_billie_in-her-own-fumbling-way-she-d-reminded-h_2394360.jpg" --- > [“In her own fumbling way, she’d reminded him he was just a man, fallible, needful, a member of the supremely imperfect human race…and shamefully undeserving of what she had to offer. Looking at Billie, touching her, tasting her, had filled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/in-her-own-fumbling-way-she-d-reminded-him-he-was-just-a-man-fallible/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/shelby-reed-24971_billie_in-her-own-fumbling-way-she-d-reminded-h_2394360.jpg) ## More by Shelby Reed > [“If you’re as intelligent as I think, you’ll back away and give him time to examine his true desires. He’s so busy fulfilling everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/if-you-re-as-intelligent-as-i-think-you-ll-back-away-and-give-him/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“How old are you, Billie?” “Thirty-three.” “With such innocent eyes for a cutthroat Illicit reporter.” She studied his expression, found it sincere. “Despite rumors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/how-old-are-you-billie-thirty-three-with-such-innocent-eyes-for-a/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“He looked at her in bittersweet despair. “Sometimes, Kate, when I’m inside you and your arms are around me, I’m human again. There’s a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/he-looked-at-her-in-bittersweet-despair-sometimes-kate-when-i-m/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“She grabbed her briefcase and took a step toward him. “You don’t have a last name?” “Everyone has a last name.” His hand hovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/she-grabbed-her-briefcase-and-took-a-step-toward-him-you-don-t-have-a/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“I just want, she said when he’d finally broken down her defenses. And so had he. He’d wanted her to desire him, but truthfully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/i-just-want-she-said-when-he-d-finally-broken-down-her-defenses-and/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“I won't cheapen it by buying what you sell to strangers. I'm not a stranger. I'm the woman who loves you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/i-won-t-cheapen-it-by-buying-what-you-sell-to-strangers-i-m-not-a/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“I’m going to come,” he whispered, lips against her ear. “Deep, deep inside you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/i-m-going-to-come-he-whispered-lips-against-her-ear-deep-deep-inside/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“When Billie climbed into the taxi, Adrian paid the cab driver, then braced his forearms on the back window. “Billie. Have you forgotten?” “No.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/when-billie-climbed-into-the-taxi-adrian-paid-the-cab-driver-then/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“His voice grew more remote. She wondered if he was calling from his condominium, where he’d lost his best friend, or from Avalon, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/his-voice-grew-more-remote-she-wondered-if-he-was-calling-from-his/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“It came to him then, permeated his disjointed thoughts. Billie was teaching him—him—how to make love. With a jolt of surprise at the crashing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/it-came-to-him-then-permeated-his-disjointed-thoughts-billie-was/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“He looked nearly inconspicuous, a handsome man in faded Levi’s and tennis shoes. A Yankees baseball cap covered his dark hair, the bill shadowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/he-looked-nearly-inconspicuous-a-handsome-man-in-faded-levi-s-and/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“She was in love with a vampire. Bela Lugosi. Nosferatu. Vlad the Impaler. Count Chocula . The urge to laugh seized her and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/she-was-in-love-with-a-vampire-bela-lugosi-nosferatu-vlad-the-impaler/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“Her breath snagged in her throat, her fingers faltering on her own aching flesh. She was shamefully wet. Shamefully needful. “Do you do this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/her-breath-snagged-in-her-throat-her-fingers-faltering-on-her-own/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“He’d performed like a well-oiled automaton last night, blocking out the reality of the woman taking her pleasure beneath him, banishing images of Billie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/he-d-performed-like-a-well-oiled-automaton-last-night-blocking-out/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) > [“The lucid, rational part of Billie wanted to laugh. Here she was, out in the woods of middle-class suburbia, with a man’s fingers inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-reed/the-lucid-rational-part-of-billie-wanted-to-laugh-here-she-was-out-in/) [Shelby Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-reed/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imperfect-human/shelby-reed/#itemlist", "name": "1 Imperfect Human Quotes By Shelby Reed", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In her own fumbling way, she’d reminded him he was just a man, fallible, needful, a member of the supremely imperfect human race…and shamefully undeserving of what she had to offer. Looking at Billie, touching her, tasting her, had filled him with a wanting fiercer than any he’d known. 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