Tonya Burrows > Tonya's Quotes

“I was born and raised in the South, honey, but I'm no Southern Belle. I shoot what I aim at.”
― Tonya Burrows, SEAL of Honor

“She might be frightened out of her wits and confused as hell, but she was a Southern girl, born and bred. Mama would fly down from heaven and tan her hide good if she wasn't polite.”
― Tonya Burrows, SEAL of Honor

“GIRL, write YOUR book dammit.
Who cares what people think?
If writers in the past cared what other people thought we'd still be glossing over 'inappropriate' kissing scenes.
Break the fucking rules.
Push yourself to the edge.
Show the world what YOU can do.
This is YOUR book. YOUR blood and guts.
AND, don't you EVER, EVER, write one single line for SOMEONE ELSE.”
― Madeline Sheehan

“And it was because of their long history that he searched for something to say, something that would get them back to where they had been.

All that came to him was...I miss you. I miss you so fucking bad it hurts, but I don't know how to find you even though you're right in front of me.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Mine

“Oompa-Loompa Land?” He shook his head. “No way. Orange people give me the creeps. I don’t even like fake tans. I’d never be their king.”
― Larissa Ione, Rogue Rider

“You named your son’s pet after a rabid monster dog?”

“No,” Thanatos growled. “Wraith did. Bastard taught the pup to respond to Cujo, and we couldn’t get him to respond to anything else after that.”
― Larissa Ione, Rogue Rider

“There are so many ugly places and people in this world, I've learned you have to grab hold of the places like this, the moments like this, and cherish them.”
― Tonya Burrows, Wilde Nights in Paradise

“You’re so full of shit. You think you don’t deserve a woman like Libby Pruitt when you’re obviously head over heels for her. You think you don’t deserve to be happy—all because of something I said out of grief twenty years ago. How is that not ruined?”
― Tonya Burrows, Wilde Nights in Paradise

“I knew you only saw part of me, the part I projected, but I was okay with that. I’m used to being that man and could have kept on being him for you. I’ve been playing the part most of my life”
― Tonya Burrows, Wilde Nights in Paradise

“One more thing."
"What."
"I think we're dating now." As V barked out a laugh, the cop shrugged. "Come on....I got you naked. You wore a damn corset. And don't get me started about the sponge bath afterward."
"Fucker."
"To the end.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Unleashed

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”
― Christopher Paolini

“How can you have so much compassion? Isn’t it exhausting caring so much?” “Not as exhausting as pretending not to care about anything.”
― Tonya Burrows, Honor Reclaimed

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
― Maya Angelou

“Nothing could break her, and with that knowledge came a strange sense of peace. There was no way he could damage this woman or corrupt her with his darkness. And maybe…Was it possible the unbreakable had the ability to fix the broken? Christ with the way a simple touch from her lit him up, he almost believed it.”
― Tonya Burrows, Honor Reclaimed

“He was ragged around the edges, a walking open wound with psych issues galore. But he still had a beating heart. Thoughts, feelings, fears. He was still human, and someone should prove it to him.”
― Tonya Burrows

“You suck." "Only when asked, babe.”
― Tonya Burrows, Wilde Nights in Paradise

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Christ, she was like his own personal drug, and he’d been jonesing for more of her since November. And now that he’d had her again, he didn’t know if he’d ever be able to quit her. Yeah. He was in trouble.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“Men like him, the kind of guys who left the womb fighting? They didn’t get fairy-tale endings. They burned bright until they burned out—and he was burning out.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“I don’t do gentle, Mara,” he felt compelled to warn even as he worked his way down from her lips, over her chin, to the tender spot where her neck met her shoulder. He scraped his teeth over the frantic beat of her pulse and reveled in the delicate shudder that shook her body. “So if that’s how you think this is going to go, back out now.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“Be advised, your objective is to raise a child from birth to adulthood so that she is a productive member of society. Minimum casualties.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“Don’t even try understanding the dumber sex. Just be happy they’re getting along now and not punching each other’s lights out.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“But if you fell in love with him as he is now, why do you want to fix him?”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“One shot, one kill. Anything more is a waste.” He ejected the fired cartridge, chambered a fresh round. “Find the others.” The corner of Ian’s mouth kicked up in a sardonic half smile and he lifted the scope again. “This doesn’t mean we’re friends. I still think you’re window-licking insane, Hero.” “And I still think you’re an evil motherfucker, so we’re even. Now find me another target.”
― Tonya Burrows, Honor Reclaimed

“Quinn let him walk several steps away before calling, “Hey, Garcia. We’re big about second chances around here. Want to redeem yourself?”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

“He’s just going to see a gorgeous woman, because she’s exactly the type he goes for. Curvy, smart, sweet, a little bit shy—I hate to tell you, but if you had asked”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“He’s more family to Gabe than you are,” Raffi said, all calm and reason. “And, as I told Audrey, you have no rights in this situation. At all. She has power of attorney. And, so you know, I called security on you about three minutes ago, told them you were causing a scene in a coma patient’s room. Might want to leave before they get here. Don’t want to publicly tarnish those shiny halos of yours.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor

“She’d be surprised if Vaughn followed her again. After all, “leave me the fuck alone” didn’t get much more obvious than nailing a guy in the balls and tasering his friend.”
― Tonya Burrows, Running Wilde

“(Scene, not verbal quote)
He flung the door open…
And Jean-Luc popped through like a Whac-a-Mole.”
― Tonya Burrows, Broken Honor