Strix > Strix's Quotes

“Richter's silence ends
as any deluge does:
furious, all at once.
"Be the swan or the girl, Hilde!" he barks at me.
"But you can't be both.
And we both know which one
is your cage.”
― R.M. Romero, A Warning About Swans

“Ludwig is gossamer and glitter
stretched too thin across his kingdom
and country.
He is fragile...
and desperate not to be.”
― R.M. Romero, A Warning About Swans

“The courtiers, vultures that they are,
disperse the moment there are no more
conversations, arguments, rumors
to be ripped apart and examined.”
― R.M. Romero, A Warning About Swans

“But before I could
contemplate it too much, my eyes landed
on his face.
Wowza.
He was smokin' hot. As in H-O-T-T hott. I'd
never understood until that moment why
girls insisted on adding an extra T. This guy
was extra-T worthy”
― Wendy Higgins, The Sweet Evil Complete Collection: Sweet Evil, Sweet Peril, Sweet Reckoning

“Wolves don't boast
over their kills;
ravens don't invent epics
about how they came by their suppers.
Their hunger
is simple.
Myhunger
was simple
But Richter's is not.”
― R.M. Romero, A Warning About Swans

“A moan escaped her, and that
sound...good gods, I could live on it, drink and feed on that moan.”
― Armentrout Jennifer L

“Mimi had always harbored a
secret love for limousines. It was tacky
to use one in the city, lest you run the
risk of looking like a tourist or like you
were off to prom. But this one shone
with a wicked gleam. She had to admit
it; the guy traveled in style”
― Melissa de la Cruz

“There was no record of Allegra being
allowed to bear a daughter in this
cycle. So the mere fact that you were
born was already a violation."
From birth she had been a
mistake, Schuyler thought. Her mother
that still, silent figure in the hospital
bed... why did she choose to have
me? Schuyler wondered”
― Melissa de la Cruz

“endless meetings. Ever since she'd
assumed the title of Regent, Mimi felt
as if her life was measured out in
marathon conference calls and
discussions that went nowhere.”
― Melissa de la Cruz

“Bliss couldn't recall ever seeing a
sky so black or stars so bright, with the
moon hanging so low over the trees.
The drive had been long and
wearisome, and as they'd been
warned, the hike was steep and
treacherous.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Wolf Pact, Part III

“Yes, everything
he touched, everything he owned,
everything in his orbit was rare,
beautiful, and expensive, but none
more so than the treasure in his own
bedroom, the most exquisite jewel in
his kingdom. Oliver felt his fangs
sharpen in anticipation at the
thought.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Vampires of Manhattan

“The myth of Persephone was such bullshit. The goddess's daughter gets kidnapped by the lord of the
underworld and has to live six months on earth and six months in Hell, and the whiny little bitch acted as if it was a punishment
At least Persephone got six months on earth every year.”
― Melissa de la Cruz

“When she met Kingsley he was sex
on legs; he was the head of the
Venators, a cocky, mouthy, devilishly
handsome alpha, whose life was as
big as his heart and as busy as his
outsize personality. Now he was a
stodgy farmer. She hated to admit it, but she missed the guy he had heen”
― Melissa de la Cruz

“I seem to have a one-track mind, and that track leads straight to the two things I shouldn't even be thinking about right now.
Her boobs.
Both of them
I know. I'm pathetic. But if we're just going to sit here and stare at each other, it'd be nice if she were showing a little cleavage, instead of wearing this long-sleeved shirt that leaves everything to the imagination. It's pushing eighty degrees outside. She should be in something a lot less... convent-inspired.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I've never had a real boyfriend before,' I reply.
Her eyes shift to my hair. "Believe me, that's obvious. No gay man I know would have left the house looking like you do right now.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“The first time you walked past me before I interrupted your lunch date with your father I stared at your ass the whole time you were stomping away. And I couldn't help but wonder what kind of panties you had on. That's all I thought about the the entire time you were in the restroom. Were you a thong girl? Were you going commando? Because I didn't see an outline in your jeans that hinted you were wearing normal panties.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Is that your panty drawer?" He reaches around and grabs a pair. I pull them out of his hand and toss them toward my suitcase.
"Hands off," I tell him.
He walks around me and leans his elbow against the dresser. "If you're packing underwear, that means you don't go commando. So by process of elimination, Ive figured out that you're currently wearing a thong. Now I just have to find out what color it is.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“He shuts the door, but I can still hear what he says to Amber and Glenn as soon as he walks into the
living room. 'They're red! Her panties are red!”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“One of the things I always try to remind myself is that evervone has scars. A lot of them even worse than mine. The only difference is that mine are visible and most people's aren't.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Meeting up once a year on the same date sounds like a really good basis for a romance novel. If you fictionalized our story I'd add it to the top of my TBR.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I know three years is a long time for us to wait, but those three years could make a huge difference in his success as an author. The fact that our story is true might make it appealing to readers, and even though I haven't read any of it yet, I'm convinced he needs to finish it”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I raise an eyebrow. "There's a fine line between cockiness and confidence."
Ben matches my expression as his hand returns to my leg under the table, causing me to stiffen. "Well then, I'm straddling that line like it's the thigh of a long-legged brunette.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“She bites her lip to stop her grin. 'I like your logic. You know how much I dislike insta-love.'
'Oh, it was still insta-love,' I tell her. 'But ours is legit.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Wait, Duncan is Lucifer? As in
the mayor of New York City?"
Schuyler felt like she'd been hit over
the head. Her ears rang loudly.
"Evil and politics really go hand
in hand, don't they?”
― Melissa de la Cruz, After Life

“I like to think of it as fighting
for the light rather than fighting
against the dark. It's easier to fight
for something, rather than against it.
You light a candle when you want to
see; you don't try to put out the
night.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, After Life

“If you can only love a child that exists within the boundaries of your expectations- if you would harm them to make them what you want-then you have no business being a parent at all.”
― Ivelisse Housman, Unseelie

“And, like the turn of a key in a lock, his soul was bound to hers forever”
― Melissa de la Cruz, After Life

“Do they have kink clubs in Aeaea?'
'They have kink clubs everywhere, Aphrodite. They're not mythical places.”
― Katee Robert, Cruel Seduction

“For everyone who's afraid of making mistakes.
To err is to be human. Give yourself some grace.”
― Emily McIntire, Crossed

“I love you," she interrupted him. "Neil. I can't wait another second to tell you. I love you."
"I love you too," said Neil.
"That's lovely," said Artemis. "Keep walking.”
― Marie Phillips, Gods Behaving Badly