Heidi Cullinan

“You want sins, Aunt? I’ll show you sinning. I’ll make the devil weep, I’ll sin so bad.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Adam could imagine what he looked like: a debauched nerd.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Kill them with kindness and if that didn't work, use a shotgun”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Walter Lucas, you’re going to marry me. And you’re getting epically laid as soon as we get home.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“He wanted to be loved and cherished, yes. But he also wanted to be fucked.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Steve smiled, the rug not only pulled out from under him but rolled up and put away.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Ethan felt a tiny ripple of victory, like he’d scored a blow against a tornado.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Sit. I can't flirt standing up, and you're freakishly tall.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“We can’t date. Maybe we could fuck occasionally. But that’s it. Anything else is ridiculous.” A shiver ran through him as Baz’s…

— Heidi Cullinan

“That's it, he rasped. Hump me. Are you a dog? Are you a dog in heat? You my dog? He slapped me…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Mom, stop. I have a boyfriend. Jeremey. Why do you think I’ve been hanging out with him so much? But I can’t…

— Heidi Cullinan

“This was something he'd done a great deal of when he was very young, so young the memory was washed to sepia…

— Heidi Cullinan

“It was a full Spears album, apparently, and each song was as ridiculous as the one before. They were catchy, yes, but…

— Heidi Cullinan

“It’s a light in the face, California. An aggressive sort of friendliness, something about the corners of the mouth.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“[His pain] wasn’t a punishment. It wasn’t a gift. It just was. His pain was his life. It wasn’t all his life…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Bitch, have you been getting collagen in those lips? You look like you gave a blow job to a Hoover attachment.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“He wondered...if the journey of a life with pain was simply finding more and more layers of acceptance, that at best the…

— Heidi Cullinan

“I was feeling like all that crazy sea inside me was settling into a calm. He had drawn it all out of…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Why do you stay with me?" he whispered. He wished he hadn't said it once the words were out of of his…

— Heidi Cullinan

“You have no idea how impossible your job is going to be.” “You have no idea how much I love overturning impossible.”…

— Heidi Cullinan

“There’s no magic ruler by which we’re all judged and weighed, not in this life. If you wait for someone to tell…

— Heidi Cullinan

“What’s Mitch’s better-than-love?” Randy snorted. “He and his slut-bunny husband are those disgusting nougat-center people who just flat out like being in…

— Heidi Cullinan

“When life fucks you over, you don’t slow down. You just keep going, keep moving, eyes peeled for the next opportunity, the…

— Heidi Cullinan

“That’s hard on other people, Xander. When you give to people—to good people—they want to give back, and you need to let…

— Heidi Cullinan

“And just like that, it’s over. And if you’d been stupid enough to let hope live, or if you’d been fool enough…

— Heidi Cullinan

“I just want to find a way to be with you that doesn’t hurt you. Because I didn’t realize it until Unc…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Mental illness is no different than a heart condition. In the same way a faulty valve can cause harm to the body…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Sometimes the ones we love are like butterflies, flitting all over, and we have to sit and wait patiently for them to…

— Heidi Cullinan

“As he returned to the bed, he could see Vallant eyeing him warily, but he ignored this, sat on the opposite end…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Do you know what I wish?” Skylar held Xander’s hand tight as he looked up at the falling leaves. “I wish we…

— Heidi Cullinan

“You’re so…different when you work.” “Different bad?” “Just different. You really are only seeing me as a blob of flesh.” Xander shook…

— Heidi Cullinan

“They’re honest about their arrogance and self-centeredness, at least. People lie about it. They want you to pretend it’s an even exchange,…

— Heidi Cullinan

“I understand that it’s disheartening to pour effort and money into a work of art and find that others do not value…

— Heidi Cullinan

“I don’t know who I am.” “You’re Skylar Stone. You’re charming, kind, clever, helpful, beautiful inside and out. You don’t give up.…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Skylar laughed a lot in these scenes. He was happy. He was always helping people too—a whole section depicted him playing hero…

— Heidi Cullinan

“There’s nothing wrong with Xander. He doesn’t need fixing. In any way.” “Exactly. Don’t fuck with who he is, if he isn’t…

— Heidi Cullinan

“What did I do to deserve you?” “You told me not to throw away my work. You chased me down and made…

— Heidi Cullinan

“Everything will change, if you wait long enough.”

— Heidi Cullinan

“Nobody ever loved you like I do. ~ Steve thinking to himself about Chenco”

— Heidi Cullinan

“God, they hit you with the stupid stick way, way too hard.”

— Heidi Cullinan