11 Quotes & Sayings By Rebecca Brooks

Rebecca Brooks is the author of the acclaimed novel The People's Republic of Desire. She has previously worked as an editorial assistant at GQ Magazine, a nonfiction writer for Salon.com, and a literary agent at the Writers House Agency. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Believer, and numerous other publications. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

1
It didn’t matter that she didn’t live here, that a relationship was out of the question. It was probably because a relationship wouldn’t happen that he could let himself get this close. He wrapped his arms tighter around her as though this were all that existed in the world. Just the two of them, the mountain, the clean winter air. The taste of her tongue on his lips. Rebecca Brooks
2
Sweetheart, I have no intention of denying you a thing. Rebecca Brooks
3
A quick and dirty whatever-it-was in the stolen minutes in the middle of the day was one thing. The quiet crackle of the fire, smell of warm bread, the home she knew was so important to him–this was something else altogether. Rebecca Brooks
4
She couldn’t stop kissing him. Literally could not. There could be an earthquake, a fire, an explosion–who would notice? The whole world could come crashing down and it wouldn’t be enough for her to pull away. Rebecca Brooks
5
The kiss was so soft she couldn’t believe this was the same bad boy who’d said such things to her with that mouth. Rebecca Brooks
6
Her fingers traced his stomach, trying to remember this is real, this is real with each strike of her heart. Rebecca Brooks
7
What if everything about me is totally made up? What if I’m actually… I don’t know. A wanted fugitive in the States.”“Julia.” He reached across the table and grabbed her hand. “Nobody makes up being a high school math teacher.”“ That’s why it’s the perfect disguise! ” He shook his head. “Nobody. Rebecca Brooks
8
If Blake thought she was going to be some meek, mealy-mouthedpushover grateful for his dick and his non-apologies, he obviously didn’t know what it took to make a room full of tenth graders pay attention. Rebecca Brooks
9
When she at last pressed her mouth to his, it felt like coming home. He tasted of fire and smoke and earth, and fresh bread and soap and something so clean, so pure, it was like spring water to her lips. Rebecca Brooks
10
Moving on was going to require leaving the woods and getting a friend set that didn’t have gray hairs, hip replacements and a few false teeth. Rebecca Brooks