“This woman was hard-core. Fuck with her at your peril.”
“A woman is at her greatest peril in the presence of a beautiful man.”
“Just wait, dude," Jamie had said. "I'm serious. It's fucking hard-core." Since Jamie described everything from zombie movies to his parents' fights to the new enchilada platter at Taco John's as "fucking hard-core," none of us could gauge much by it.”
“Tall, elegant, vital, scornful. A man like that could rock a woman to her very core.”
“That’s hard core, Gin,” Finn replied. “Very hard core. Kind of kinky too.” A grim smile tightened my lips. “That’s me. Gin Blanco. Hard core and kinky to the bitter end.”
“Hard-core results come from igniting the massive power of emotional commitment. Are your people committed?”