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title: "5 New-adult Quotes By Rebecca Berto"
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> [“You know there’s this gaping space between us, and if I leaned forward I’d grab Dex’s shirt without ever touching him. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/you-know-there-s-this-gaping-space-between-us-and-if-i-leaned-forward/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/rebecca-berto-38172_contemporary-romance_you-know-there-s-this-gaping-space-betwe_1331906.jpg)

> [“Finishing my thoughts aloud meant saying how my dad had passed, and I had failed. How I had smoked joints and lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/finishing-my-thoughts-aloud-meant-saying-how-my-dad-had-passed-and-i/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/rebecca-berto-38172_contemporary_finishing-my-thoughts-aloud-meant-saying_1366985.jpg)

> [“I’m either with you forever, or I’m not. I’m not into games or fucking around. I’ve had enough experience to know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/i-m-either-with-you-forever-or-i-m-not-i-m-not-into-games-or-fucking/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/rebecca-berto-38172_contemporary-romance_i-m-either-with-you-forever-or-i-m-not-i_1736739.jpg)

> [“Charlee has my arm. She has my arm—my arm that’s rigid from pleasure, from her touch—in her little fingers. She holds my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/charlee-has-my-arm-she-has-my-arm-my-arm-that-s-rigid-from-pleasure/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/rebecca-berto-38172_contemporary-romance_charlee-has-my-arm-she-has-my-arm-my-arm_1763871.jpg)

> [“He pries me from his chest and drops his hand from the back of my head, tracing my ear, along my jawline.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/he-pries-me-from-his-chest-and-drops-his-hand-from-the-back-of-my/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

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## Other authors on New-adult

## More by Rebecca Berto

> [“When I’d remember this night in weeks, months, or even years, it wouldn’t be the sex. Sex would fade and so would the need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/when-i-d-remember-this-night-in-weeks-months-or-even-years-it-wouldn/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“You need to wait until you are worthy of having a child of your own.' She pats her hair down, which is rock hard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/you-need-to-wait-until-you-are-worthy-of-having-a-child-of-your-own/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“You know there’s this gaping space between us, and if I leaned forward I’d grab Dex’s shirt without ever touching him. You know there’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/you-know-there-s-this-gaping-space-between-us-and-if-i-leaned-forward/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“Finishing my thoughts aloud meant saying how my dad had passed, and I had failed. How I had smoked joints and lay in bed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/finishing-my-thoughts-aloud-meant-saying-how-my-dad-had-passed-and-i/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“I’m either with you forever, or I’m not. I’m not into games or fucking around. I’ve had enough experience to know what to hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/i-m-either-with-you-forever-or-i-m-not-i-m-not-into-games-or-fucking/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“Charlee has my arm. She has my arm—my arm that’s rigid from pleasure, from her touch—in her little fingers. She holds my other one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/charlee-has-my-arm-she-has-my-arm-my-arm-that-s-rigid-from-pleasure/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“Empowering oneself begins when one refuses to let their fears drive their actions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/empowering-oneself-begins-when-one-refuses-to-let-their-fears-drive/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“He pries me from his chest and drops his hand from the back of my head, tracing my ear, along my jawline. He snatches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/he-pries-me-from-his-chest-and-drops-his-hand-from-the-back-of-my/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“His kiss was light but lingering, like smoke from shivering lips on a freezing winter morning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/his-kiss-was-light-but-lingering-like-smoke-from-shivering-lips-on-a/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“The moment weighs down on me, threatening to unstitch my seams and expose me to the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/the-moment-weighs-down-on-me-threatening-to-unstitch-my-seams-and/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“I am kind and beautiful. I have a soul.It’s better to be known for what I am not. Isn’t that how the saying goes?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/i-am-kind-and-beautiful-i-have-a-soul-it-s-better-to-be-known-for/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

> [“Still speaking over me,' she says, meeting my eyes and scoffing. 'You are still that worthless little girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-berto/still-speaking-over-me-she-says-meeting-my-eyes-and-scoffing-you-are/)

[Rebecca Berto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-berto/)

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