"You need to remember that while there's good and evil in the world, laws are neither. They're rules created by the fallible to be exploited by the unscrupulous and used to constrain the well-meaning. If laws made the law-abiding safe, people wouldn't need me to show them when they fail. Do you understand?"

Something to keep in mind, especially considering current events. Prioritizing "do no harm" over "follow the letter of the law" is going to become ever-more important as we go.

From "The Face Man" by Amy Lane. #booksky #bookquotes #mmromance #thefaceman #longconadventures #amylane

The Serpentus office suite was located about three blocks from the National Archives Museum that held the Declaration of Independence. Carl had to remind himself of that every time he went - somewhere in this cursed city was a place where people had put their good faith and good intentions in writing and had fucked up their job anyway.

I MEAN. Lawd.

From "The Suit" by Amy Lane. #booksky #bookquotes #mmromance #thesuit #longconadventures #amylane

"I'd live in seven layers of icy hell to fuckin' not go back there again," he said, with such deep loathing his voice shook with it. He took a breath and tried to rein it in. "And now that my ex-wife and kids are safe in Ohio, I won't have to. If I don't set foot in Texas again through my next six lifetimes, the seventh will still be too goddamned soon."

I LIVE in Texas and I feel this. To the BONE.

From "The Suit" by Amy Lane. #booksky #bookquotes #mmromance #thesuit #longconadventures #amylane

"Yes!" Grace crowed. He leaned into Hunter and - per usual - blew Hunter's mind. "There's no happily ever after until we hit dead and know if we were happy until we got dead." "I know that," Hunter said softly. "But we're happy now, and I think you and me are going to be happy together for a really long time. And if we keep working on it, we might even make it to happy until dead. I'm okay with that."

I really appreciate this perspective.

From "The Muscle" by Amy Lane, part of the Long Con Adventures series. #booksky #bookquotes #mmromance #themuscle #longconadventures #amylane