Marianne Pierres > Marianne's Quotes

“In Ixion music and party are our only beliefs. Darkness is our comfort. We have few rules but they are absolute. Your endocrine systems have been altered by changes to your hypothalamus. You no longer need to sleep or see sunlight.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“Everyone comes here for pleasure. Even if they think they don't. Embracing it is harder for some and they go mad before they truly accept it. Most of the places they cme from are founded on guilt and rules. The Ripers want us to break away from that - some wish to tear it from us while others are more subtle.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“Ixion exists as an antidote to the rules and conventions of other places. We believe that indulging in pleasure will make better people. Self-denial and discipline and virtue are all myths invented to control you.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“Rules? Ixion is supposed to be free of rules, yet it seems as strict as Grave in its own way and more...more dangerous.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“You slow. Is Dangerous." His tentacles curled down, gripping the ends of the wood. As they watched he slid off the crate and nudged it away. Underneath was a grate, filthy with slude. He plunged his tentacles into the gaps and pulled it aside. "There is drop.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Angel Arias

“Naif felt his tentacle caress her again, This time, though, he was holding something as well. It was rough hessian and the smell from it was putrid, like something dead a few days. She tried to push him away but his tentacle ws strong and persistent, not withdrawing until he'd wiped the cloth over her.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Angel Arias

“People are sometimes really different from what you first think. You have to give them a chance.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Angel Arias

“Pain can be dismissed.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“Fear traps your mind.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“Kero and Rollo stood over it, slick with blood, both holding knives.
‘Kero, you came? Why?’ asked Naif.
‘Maybe I just needed someone to show me how to be brave enough,’ he replied with a hint of a dangerous grin.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright

“Sean was young, vibrant, capable. Life hadn't even begun to digest his hope.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores

“Bok knows everything about me, including my thing with auras. Truth is, though, he isn't much good as a bodyguard. Bok is a shade heavier than an eating disorder, has a cute button nose and long, silky, straight hair most girls would kill for. We've been friends since prep when he used to sit behind me in class and hit me with his ruler. I put up with it for weeks, and then one day when the teacher stepped out of the room I pushed him off his chair and watched as he fell flat on his skinny, pretty arse.”
― Marianne Delacourt, Sharp Shooter

“I burned too bright. I saw too much.”
― Marianne de Pierres, Burn Bright