“HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY JESUS”

“Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind”

“And I wake up happy, baby, because I possess beauty and I own that beauty in all the forms it can take and the least important of those are physical.”

“Jesus, holy fuck,” Rivera murmured, coming to a quick halt and looking up at the tall, hulking, tattoo-sleeved Ryker. “Boy, what’d your Mama feed you growin’ up?” he asked. “Newborn babies,” Ryker answered, scowling down at Rivera.”

“Some people get to live life. Some people survive it. We’re survivors. We can carve out our piece of happy, and, I swear to God, baby, right now, you got my vow, for you and for me, the rest of our lives, I’ll bust my ass to carve our piece of happy.”

“Rest, baby”

“Don't call me baby when you're pissed, Sweet Pea.""Don't call me Sweet Pea at all, baby”