Suzanne Steele > Suzanne's Quotes

“When you give me art—give me something that reaches inside of my core and twists, taking the very breath that sustains me away.
Give me something that wakens me from my lethargy.
Give me something that causes me to ponder and question all that I have come to know; due to my circumstances that I have been allotted in this life.
Give me something that causes me to question my pride and arrogance of knowing that I am right in my thoughts, beliefs and perceptions.
Shake me: as if you had grabbed me and pushed me against the wall—shattering all of my preconceived notions; causing me to break out of the box that I have put others in.
Give me something that scraped over the scar tissue of wounds that you carry within, opening them afresh and causing you pain—real core pain—pain that you had pushed down; pain that now resides in your closet of skeletons.
When you give me art, give me you, or give me nothing at all…
©2014 Suzanne Steele”
― Suzanne Steele, The Author

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

“It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Simply put: I am an Author with deep passion for the written word.
When I read: I want to feel...
When I write: I want you to feel...
©2014 Suzanne Steele”
― Suzanne Steele

“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam tibi:
Latin term for If I cannot find a way I will make my own”
― Kimber S. Dawn

“We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.”
― Khalil Gibran

“If you want to challenge yourself as an Author, raise the bar as a reader.
-Suzanne Steele”
― Suzanne Steele

“I spend a quarter of every day inside you. When you set limits outside of that I can't help but see them as arbitrary.”
― Sylvia Day, Bared to You

“Twinkle twinkle little whore, close your legs they're not a door.”
― Jay McLean, More Than Him

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
― Erica Jong

“Relearn astonishment.”
― Elias Canetti

“Writing controlled fiction is called “plotting.” Buckling your seatbelt and letting the story take over, however…that is called “storytelling.” Storytelling is as natural as breathing; plotting is the literary version of artificial respiration.”
― Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

“Running into a burning building probably wasn't the smartest move Kenton Lake had ever made. Then again, sadly, it wasn't his dumbest either.”
― Cynthia Eden, Deadly Fear

“Life turns on a dime.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“Never in my life had I been more frustrated. Go figure it wouldn't be with a human but a freaking alien. At least I now knew that the male species were asses no matter what planet they hailed from.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Obsession

“I write the way I do because some women don't want red roses and champagne--they need black roses and knives.”
― Suzanne Steele, The Hit Man

“A predator’s intention……
It is my intention to cause you fear such as you have never known. It is my desire to take your fear to a whole new level of terror.
I can smell your fear as its sweet scent flows through my universe. This small universe that I have created and am permitting you to exist in.
I say these things because you only exist right now because I have allowed it, for if I should choose, I could snuff you out as if extinguishing a candle flame.
I will make you thank me later for allowing you to breathe.
I will mix you a concoction of fear, pain, uncertainty, and arousal, such as you have never known.
You see my curious little prey these all create very similar physical reactions. My little prey… they have common traits on the emotional side too.
Curious prey, curious prey, let me growl my intentions into your curious ear. I will keep you in a constant state of fear, pain, uncertainty, and arousal. I know exactly what I am doing; I am a skilled and professional predator.
It is my full intention to own you! I will keep you in a constant emotional whirlpool. This is the universe of my making, and you exist in it by my power, and by my choice. I want you in a constant state of fear, physical discomfort, pain, uncertainty, and arousal.
I am purposely blurring the lines between your emotions, and your physical sensations. As I do this… I am creating a desire and a craving within you to be man handled and taken by me.
I am intentionally working you into a state of intense arousal, and desperation. I am conditioning you to crave your new life as my prey…”
― Suzanne Steele, The Executioner

“Though a single black rose tis his kiss of death, for her it holds no power; for when she doth receive... tis not a mere black rose, but a bouquet thereof.
©2014 Suzanne Steele”
― Suzanne Steele, Black Rose

“In my world...
Perfection is paramount...
©2014 Suzanne Steele”
― Suzanne Steele, Black Rose

“You listen to me and you listen good, girl. I am a dark, twisted, and very fucked up man. Do you know what a sadist is? I don’t give her time to answer. “I enjoy inflicting pain on women. Now granted, I have access to women that enjoy that side of my dark psyche but you, little girl, are treading on very dangerous ground. You are awakening a monster. If you feed that monster, there will be no possibility of caging the beast.”
― Suzanne Steele, The Club

“She's self-destructive. He's crazy--crazy enough to save her from herself.”
― Suzanne Steele, Shattered Pieces

“So you admit of your own free will that you chose to date the most dangerous Russian mobster on the FBI’s radar?” I looked him right in the eye and said, “I think that you need to go, because as far as I am concerned, the government crossed a line when they sent you to monitor who I fuck.”
― Suzanne Steele, Glazov

“Always remember, my little angel of mercy, it's the strays that are feral....”
― Suzanne Steele, Stray

“I am your knight in dark, shining, and wickedly laden armor.”
― Suzanne Steele, The Club

“It may be a slow release but when she lets go, I’ll be there; she will fall and when she does... I'll be there to catch her.”
― Suzanne Steele, Slow Release

“Who needs roses and champagne when you can have knives and Glocks?”
― Suzanne Steele, Shattered Pieces

“His onyx eyes are piercing, commanding pools of promise, and every time he pins me with that powerful gaze, I hear his unspoken oath that he won't quit until he has what he wants - me.”
― Suzanne Steele, Slow Release

“When I write...
I open a vein and bleed for the masses
It's all I know...”
― Suzanne Steele, Glazov's Legacy

“I write because…

I write because I love the art and the magic of Literature.

I write because it keeps me safe, sane, and connected to you.

I write because it takes me to the places I want to go and those who wish to join me in the journey; may grasp my hand and my heart; in this stroll through this moment of time.

I write because when no one was there, the word was there: The word has always been and always will be the preeminent being in my universe.

I write because it allows me; to allow you to be understood and we are joined for a moment in time.

I do not write because it comes from a place of grammatical perfection; free of line breaks in perfected poetry; for my history is one of line breaks and imperfections.

I do not come to you from a place of polished and perfected; educated and critiqued.

No! I come to you from a place of raw, real, gutsy, and riveting. What I give you is raw, real, gutsy and riveting; with all of its imperfections and inconsistencies.

You have been touched, you have been curious, and you have been intrigued; you have come back looking, longing, expecting or not…

But then suddenly you were surprised; surprised that you could be moved; surprised that your preconceived ideas had been shattered by one who writes because…”
― Suzanne Steele, Glazov's Legacy