“I can’t leave them. They need me. I’m their gladiator.”
“The love of your life is a red-handed, cold-blooded killer. This is what you’re dealing with. That is who you love.”
“I’ve moved Heaven and Earth to save you from yourselves. I have lied for you. I have stolen for you. I have cheated for you. I have killed for you. I have almost died for you.”
“Fix your door. Hire security.”
“You bastard. Don’t you die on me when I’m so mad at you. Don’t you dare die.”
“I’m running, I’m winning.”
“Somebody stitch that on a pillow.”
“So right now you have to ask yourself if you’re a gladiator or if you’re looking for revenge, because the way I hear it, you can’t have it both ways.”
“Sit with me and watch me choose you. Watch me earn you.”“You can’t fix the fact I love you.”
“I wasn’t thinking about you. I don’t think about you.”
“So why are you telling me this?”
“I am not a toy you can play with when you’re bored or lonely or horny. I am not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy. If you want me, earn me! Until then, we are done.”
“Charlie the killer likes breakfast pastries.”
“I’m asking you to be an adult. Stop holding your breath. Quit stomping your feet. It’s time to pick up your toys like a good girl.”
“When a child has a tantrum you don’t indulge them. You ignore them. You call their bluff.”
“I need you to snap out of this, whatever this is. Whatever happened to you, you have to come back to me. I need you. You’re all I have.”
“Do you still love me? It’s a yes or no question.”
“You are having me watched. Followed. There are cameras in my apartment. That’s not love.”
“I don’t want to talk to you. I am never going to be ready to talk to you.”
“I can forgive a lot of things. I didn’t know how many things until now. But it turns out, it’s a lot. What I can’t do is let myself love someone I can’t trust.”
“Did I do this to you? Or have you always been like this? Because if it was me, I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
“Does it ever both you? All the lies? All the pretending?”
“You made a choice. You did this. This is the man you are. And guess what? I love you anyway, because that is the man I am.”
“You wanted to know who I am? This is who I am. Defiance is who I am. This is me. This is who you married. This is who you love.”
“Don’t give up on him/her. If you love him/her. Just don’t give up.”
“I like that you know who you are and that you fix everyone around you. But you seem sad to me, ___. I love you but you seem sad. And if you let me, maybe I can help you not be sad, because whatever happened to you, whoever happened to you, already happened. It’s done. So maybe I can help you start fresh. Maybe I’m your do-over. You deserve a do-over.”
“You are afraid. Of me. Of the unknown. Of what this is.”
