Psycho Quotes

“I licked it so it’s mine’ isn’t a thing in dating.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“He said you always wear headphones to drown out the noise. I’ve never seen you wear them.”  August brushed his hair aside, removing the tiny earbuds from his ears. “They’re not on. I don’t wear them around you.” “Why not?” August frowned in confusion. “Because I want to remember every word you say to me.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“just…like the way he smells. I look at him and I find myself wondering what his skin tastes like.”  “Oof. Easy, Dahmer,” Adam said. “Maybe don’t start with that.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“I want to keep him.”  “Bruh. Those are thinking thoughts not speaking thoughts,” Noah coached. “You can’t just go around telling strangers you’ve imprinted on them like some werewolf in a Twilight movie. They won’t get it.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“One man’s torture is another man’s kink.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Lucas frowned. “You’re a genius, billionaire, crime-fighting vigilante? You’re…Batman?”  August grinned. “Exactly.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“There wasn’t even a trace of humor. August Mulvaney—a killer he’d known less than three days —was sitting at his table casually talking about how he had settled on Lucas someday becoming his husband.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Well, help me.”  “Dude, you broke into a stranger’s house, told him you were Batman, kissed him, impaled yourself on a blade, and then asked to spend the night. I don’t know that God could help you,” Noah said.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“August’s head popped up over the pillow wall. “Can I take you to breakfast in the morning?” “No.” August flounced back onto the bed. “I can’t kiss you or touch you or take you to breakfast? You’re taking all the fun out of this sleepover.”  Lucas chuckled. “Then go break into another man’s home.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“I am the smart one. I have papers to prove it and everything.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“He could decorate a stadium with all the red flags August had waved.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Was murder an act of service?”
― Onley James, Psycho

“I hope your day is as nice as your ass.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“They’re fucking monsters,” Lucas whispered, almost to himself.  “Yeah, but you’ve got me and I’m the monster other monsters fear.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Who knew psychopaths were so sensitive? He sighed, cupping August’s face and tilting it upward. “I want you to keep pursuing me, but I need to feel like it’s not already a done deal. I’m an adult and I have bodily autonomy. ‘I licked it so it’s mine’ isn’t a thing in dating.”  August’s hands came around to grip Lucas’s ass, his gaze heated as he said, “I did, though.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Why do I even bother to say things like ‘no mistakes’?” Thomas asked over the speaker of August’s truck, then sighed. “It’s like you boys take it as a personal challenge.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“I can relate to that,” August said. “Imagine being the weirdest psychopath in a house full of psychopaths.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“The whole psych department is batshit crazy. He’ll fit right in.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“I want to keep him.”

“Bruh. Those are thinking thoughts not speaking thoughts,” Noah coached. “You can’t just go around telling strangers you’ve imprinted on them like some werewolf in a Twilight movie. They won’t get it.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“August made a noise of frustration. “Have you ever just looked at someone or something and thought, I want to keep it? Like, I want to protect him from the outside world but, at the same time, his helplessness and fear are so…intoxicating? I want him to be soft just for me.”  “Oh, Jesus,” Atticus muttered.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“The key isn’t turning off your feelings, the key is to focus on your needs. Be selfish. Care only about what you want. Let go of your fear. Be a bit of a hedonist. Do the deep, dark things you think about in your mind but would never dare say out loud to anybody. Do it and don’t apologize for it.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“I’m the monster other monsters fear.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Dorothy, though… She wasn’t scared, she was furious. She looked two seconds away from asking for August’s manager.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Adam and I just…get each other. Like, we see each other, flaws and all, and it just works. Our crazy fits.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“The students noticed his good looks, too. Girls giggled and pointed, whispering to each other. It made him want to cut off their ponytails”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Now, you’re just manipulating me.”  “Of course, I am. Is it working?”
― Onley James, Psycho

“And now, he was making August pay. Making him suffer for not having enough faith in his own self control. He”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Shut up. You’ve never had a relationship with anything that didn’t have an alcohol percentage on the label.”
― Onley James, Psycho

“How did he show Lucas what he liked outside of murder? What did he like? Would Lucas still want him when he realized August was put together all wrong? In every way. “What about sex?”

Archer spit his drink onto the table with a laugh, shaking his now wet hand.

Noah glared at the man before giving August a patient look. “What about it?”

“How do I get him to like the things I like…sexually?”

“I’m shocked you’ve even had sex,” Adam said, sounding genuinely surprised and a little relieved.

August frowned. “Why’s that?”

“You’re creepy, bro. What person is going to have sex with you without wondering if you’re going to turn them into a lamp shade when it’s over?”
― Onley James, Psycho

“Coffee. August could do coffee. He loved coffee. Did Lucas love coffee? He drove back to Lucas’s apartment, breaking into his house once more.”
― Onley James, Psycho