“Excuse me?’ she spat, and as Dougie and Celia always pointed out, it didn’t matter that Neve never swore because she could make ‘Excuse me?’ sound like ‘Go fuck yourself.”
“It sounds to me like you're making excuses," Jeb said quietly. "You're trying to convince yourself, and you're using me to listen to yourself talk.”
“We made love like a half a minute. I brought the thirty seconds, and she provided the excuse as to why she didn’t have enough time to have sex with me. ”
“She could make excuses to keep the fantasy intact.”
“Excuse me, fuck you.”
“I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.”