{"quotes":[{"text":"At this very moment with my girl in my arms, I feel like there’s nothing I can’t do for her, for us. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","college-romance","contemporary","contemporary-romance","duke-ashdown","fix-up","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":3703,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"I listen closely to her breathing getting slower, deeper until her hand settles over my heart, only beating for her. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","fix-up","na","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":8389,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"At least, for once I was there for her. I didn’t fail her. She wasn’t alone. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","college-romance","contemporary","contemporary-romance","duke","fix-up","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance","skye"],"id":60738,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"What a fucking charade.Happy. That shit isn’t in our cards. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","fix-up","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":122475,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"There’s only so much a man can survive and as fucking weak as it sounds, I reached my limits when Skye disappeared. —Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","fix-up","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":172551,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"It only wakes up the burning desire I always feel whenever I'm close to this man and the shadows of my fears back away. — Skye.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","drama","duke","fix-up","patch-up-series","romance","skye"],"id":258001,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"It’s a matter of when I’ll stop fighting. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","fix-up","na","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":333700,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"The smoke burns slightly down my throat and to my lungs. I focus on this, and empty my head, empty the images of Skye’s beautiful face all bruised up. In the end, I can’t even give her what she’s rightfully asking. A kiss. Just a fucking kiss on her lips. Even that I’m unable to do. It’d be pathetic if our situation and our past weren’t so tragic. I take another drag of my cigarette and watch the smoke swirling in the room only lit by the moonlight. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college-romance","contemporary","contemporary-romance","fix-up","new-adult","patch-up","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":374955,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"Therapy can’t erase scars, it only makes it easier to live with them. — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","fix-up","na","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance"],"id":398919,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"},{"text":"I love you to insanity. I'm not even sure if it's a good thing.'' — Duke.","author":"Stephanie Witter","tags":["college","contemporary","contemporary-romance","duke","fix-up","na","new-adult","patch-up-series","romance","skye"],"id":414087,"author_id":"Stephanie+Witter"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}