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“He’s the opposite of cute. He’s like a cross between an Orc and Ent. He has the big, brutish body of an Orc but he got some Ent genes, probably from his mother’s side. Basically a tree-trunk with good hair.â€�

Peyton’s nose twitched. Lord of the Ring references were not her jam. “You’ve given this a lot of thought.”
― Kate Meader, Man Down

“He paused and rubbed his beard. Good God, she’d play a gif of that over and over, if she could.”
― Kate Meader, Man Down

“Grief is embarrassing for most people. They want to think it has a set timetable, that one day, it will go away and you’re ready to live again. Everyone has been telling me that sex is a great first step. That it will open up the floodgates of emotion. That it will heal me.â€�

She waited, her heart in stasis, knowing what would come next. Dreading it.

“I don’t want to be healed, at least not in a way that makes me forget about them. I know that’s unhealthy, but I can’t help how I feel. Holding on to the pain keeps me connected to them.”
― Kate Meader, Man Down

“For the last three years, he’d held his body as taut as a bowstring. He couldn’t imagine ever feeling at ease again.

That was one more reason why the notion of sex with someone new was so difficult. Letting go like that required a level of surrender he wasn’t sure he had in him to give. Trust in another person to see you at your most vulnerable and not take advantage.”
― Kate Meader, Man Down