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“No one should be judged for what they read, nor should authors by what they write.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“My idea of romance is a guy who will take me to see an Avengers film and doesn’t mind dressing up like Loki afterwards.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“His smile is infectious. But again, so was the plague.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Writing is hard…It gets harder when it becomes your career, your job, because it’s no longer a hobby, it’s no longer a manuscript hidden in your desk drawer. It becomes a platform from which the world can judge you. Your soul becomes target practice, and the critics hold the arrows.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Keep it in your pants.�� I pause, trying to keep my eyes from staying on his crotch. “Wait, are you saying you’re hard right now?��
He scratches at the scruff of his chin, eyes dancing. “Pretty much, considering what I’m writing. Just say the word cock again.��
“Fuck you.��
“Well what do you know,�� he says lazily. “The word fuck works too.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I've never understood people who return books after they've obviously read them. "Oh no, that dog-eared page was there when I bought it." Like hell it was. How about I punch you in the bloody face and tell you that bruise was there before and then we'll call it even.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Even if I only wrote erotica, I wouldn’t care what you have to say. I make people happy! Blake and I provide readers with fun and entertainment and an escape from their lives, which is a damn good thing because life is hard and really sucks sometimes. Life isn’t a fairy-tale and not everyone in gets a happily-ever-after, but in our book world they do.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“A text from Rio comes in: I just paid my weed guy with a check. I think I’ve got the hang of this adulting thing.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I’m paying,�� he says. “And driving. Go nuts.��
I push the drink away. “I’ll behave.��
He waits a beat, licking his lips, before he says, “I wish you wouldn’t.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I put my hand on top of hers and squeeze. “And you’ve got me.��
She rolls her eyes.
“No,�� I tell her, my voice rough. She blinks at me in surprise. “I mean you really have me. If you’ll have me.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Some have patience. I do not.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“She’s a nerd on the streets and a freak in the sheets. “I”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Sex makes things messy.��
“Messy is good.��
“And according to you, so is greed and we won’t even get a chance to be greedy if we’re too preoccupied with sex.��
“Believe me, you’ll be greedy,�� he says lazily. “You’ll have the greediest cunt around once I’ve gotten through to you.��
My cheeks flame. Damn.
“You’re speechless,�� he says after a beat.
I clear my throat a few times. “I’m trying to think of a witty comeback.��
“Don’t think so much then.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Riding Hard: A bad boy crime boss MC menage forbidden second chance romance standalone.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“My nickname in high school, aside from Amanda Panda, Lord of the Geeks, and Tits McGee, was Sir Pukes-A-Lot. It didn’t matter that I wasn’t a sir. I still got sick every time I got really nervous, which led to many embarrassing moments during presentations, PE, and drama class.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I thought you’d be entirely self-sufficient.”“Oh I am,�� I shoot back. “You should see my vibrator collection.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I can’t believe you have a fear of spiders!�� “Why? So do you! And it’s a bloody tarantula! It’s as big as my hand!!�� “Yeah but you’re a man.�� “Well, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you needed tarantula-wrangling skills on top of a massive cock and orgasms to go. Want me to go into the jungle and wrestle an alligator, too?”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“But for many writers, and to borrow a popular cliché, it’s like getting blood from a stone. You have the want and the desire, but with experience and time, your self-doubt becomes louder and your inner critic comes out to play. It silences your creativity. You feel you aren’t allowed to make mistakes.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Do you think I’m going to take her back? Do you think I’m still in love with her?��
She shrugs with one shoulder.
“Amanda,�� I say, grappling for the words. When I don’t say anything else, she slowly turns her head to look at me. Fearful. Hopeful.
“I told her it was too late,�� I admit. “I told her I didn’t love her anymore, because I don’t. That ship sailed a long time ago. And I told her I wished her the best of luck but the truth was, I’ve met someone else.�� I give her a faint smile, aware of everything riding on this. “You.��
“Me?�� she repeats, her voice barely audible.
“I didn’t mean it as a work partner. I didn’t mean it as someone I’m casually sleeping with. I meant in a completely jumping the gun, getting ahead of myself, answering for you when I shouldn’t, I want you to be my girlfriend kind of way. She doesn’t have my affection, my future or my heart. You do, Amanda. You do.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“He's a liar for a living, all authors are.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“We learn so that we may succeed, and that goes for anything in life, including the arts. It’s a falsity that the moment we earn money or wish to earn money for our creations that it ceases to become art.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“...you’d be surprised at how much of human fallacy comes from the inability to read each other. In other words, we’re always reading in people what we want to see. Some of us want everyone to love us, some of us think that everyone hates us (and thus this gives us a valid reason to hate them).”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“That’s what all art is for. Your creations can become anything to anyone. I’ve realized there’s nothing wrong with letting people escape for a few hours. Plus you should hear about all the sex lives I’m saving.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“It doesn’t really matter in the end. Most people I talk to don’t take writing seriously. If I tell them I’m an aspiring author, they get that “yeah right�� look on their face, which is usually followed by “good luck with that.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“Get him to his cage!�� Amanda yells. I’m naked, with Fluffy balancing on a magazine, and somehow I make my way down the hall, to the study, and place the entire magazine inside, my hands shaking nonstop.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“that hits me low in the gut, that pinch of knowing something you loved won’t be a part of your life anymore”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“His smile is infectious. Then again, so was the plague.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I’m not socially awkward, but to be honest, most people are total morons, and my tolerance for them isn’t very high. Some have patience. I do not.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“I’m a liar and a thief. A thief of a heart that shouldn’t belong to me. A thief of a heart that was easily taken. But I am one man, with two hearts, and none of them are my own.”
― Karina Halle, Smut

“If they’re getting any pussy from being a cover model, I’m going to assume the girls will be sorely disappointed once they take off their pants.”
― Karina Halle, Smut