Marni Mann > Marni's Quotes

“Accept the darkness, because it’s who you are. It’s who we all are. Some of us get lost in it…others wrap themselves in it and wear it like skin.”
― Marni Mann, Seductive Shadows

“I wasn’t a prostitute; I was an artist who used her fingers to paint a fantasy that her body fulfilled. And when I was desired by men, I felt the most creative.”
― Marni Mann, Seductive Shadows

“There was a time in my life⎯not too long ago⎯when I was trapped. Pulled beneath the waves, into the hole I had climbed into. It was a dark, damaging place. That ink reminds me of how I never want to visit there again.”
― Marni Mann, Pulled Beneath

“We were held together by a connection of secrets, dark and fearful and reluctant to leave. They recoiled whenever light reached them. Their depth was seductive and overwhelming, an endless ocean of black that threatened to cover the brilliance we kept reaching for with each other.”
― Marni Mann, Seductive Secrecy

“A little pain was always involved in our intimacy; it heightened my passion. But I knew this was more than him just giving me pleasure. He was reminding me that my body was his. I responded, arching my back, giving him full access to whatever he wanted to pleasure…or hurt.”
― Marni Mann, Seductive Secrecy

“We were two broken souls that had found each other amidst a palette of bold, beautiful hues. But our filling wasn’t made of those colors, we didn’t live among those stains and we didn’t follow their patterns. Our reflection was made of scandalous secrets and dark, dusty shadows that recoiled when we hit the light. Not just any shadows or secrets, but seductive ones.”
― Marni Mann, Seductive Secrecy

“I had witnessed his pain in motion; the way he had stroked over the sea fueled by something so similar to what fueled me. The agony he couldn’t hide from his caramel-colored eyes. I was drawn to whatever was broken in him, probably in the same way that he was drawn to what was broken in me.”
― Marni Mann, Pulled Beneath

“I was the mess who didn’t know how to get her head back on straight after her whole life had been turned upside-down.”
― Marni Mann, Pulled Beneath

“I noticed the hunger in his eyes, how they watched me as though he wanted to seize and devour me.”
― Marni Mann, Unblocked - Episode One

“My breath just made you quiver. Can you imagine what my tongue will do?”
― Marni Mann, Unblocked - Episode One

“I’d never been handcuffed or spanked, but when he spoke, when his gaze traveled over my body, I felt like he was doing both, with his mouth…with his eyes.”
― Marni Mann, Unblocked - Episode One

“He got me to beg, even when begging was so out of character; he made me want more of him, even when I didn’t think my body could take it.
He freed me, from the inside out.”
― Marni Mann, Unblocked - Episode Two

“When I tie you up and lick every inch of your body, things like whether I’m wearing flannel or a ten thousand dollar suit aren’t going to matter. You won’t be aware of anything other than my tongue. I promise.”
― Marni Mann, Unblocked - Episode Two

“Words that cause a smile. A look of complete contentment and security. The comfort in certain acts - easy ones, like holding someone's hand.”
― Marni Mann, The Rebel

“A tear falls as I smile. I’m a total contradiction. Happy and sad. Elated and devastated.”
― Marni Mann, Lover

“When I graduated from college and joined Spade Hotels, my father pulled me aside. He said there are two things anyone can control when they’re starting a new job. The first is your reputation. How you treat others, how you demand respect. How dedicated you are to the job. Maybe a coworker doesn’t end up liking you, maybe your personalities clash, but don’t give them a chance to call you lazy or for them to question your work ethic. In a work environment, your reputation is all you have.” I paused as the waitress dropped off another round of drinks, and I downed the rest of mine before I handed her the empty. “The second is punctuality. Neither my father nor Walter tolerates anyone being late.”
― Marni Mann, The Playboy

“There’s only so much distance two people can put between themselves before they’re each going in opposite directions, permanently.”
― Marni Mann, Lover