Vicious Seduction Quotes

“I’m telling you that you belong with me. I’m your home, and all the other bullshit doesn’t matter. Now, can we get out of the cold, or do I have to throw you over my goddamn shoulder?”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“I suppose I’ll just have to be patient because I suspect it won’t sound right until you’re calling yourself my wife.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Lina was flawlessly impassive. A living, breathing Barbie doll with no greater purpose than to be played with and admired. It was a shame, in a way. Like opening a meticulously wrapped Christmas present to find nothing inside, and her packaging was nothing short of perfection. She reminded me of a 1950s pinup model—Marilyn Monroe with the most vibrant blue eyes I’d ever seen. And that voice. Jesus Christ, that voice. The natural huskiness made every word sound like something whispered naked in the dark. All together, it was enough to make a man forget his own name.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Every time I see you,” he murmured, “I fall in love all over again.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“I always knew God put me in that house for a reason. We were both grieving at the time, you and I, and when I saw the sorrow in your big blue eyes, I knew I had a new purpose in life.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Ahhh, now I see.” “What do you see? I haven’t told you anything yet.” “You’ve told me all I need to know,” she shot back defiantly. “You meant to use this girl, but something’s changed. You want to help her, but your ex did a number on you and convinced you that helping a woman will only lead to pain. It’s all there plain as day.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Occam’s Razor wasn’t always right—the simplest explanation wasn’t always the correct one.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Not only had he proved himself yet again, but he’d continued to be patient and forgiving despite all I’d put him through.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“But if I was out to kill a wasp and happened to uncover an entire nest, why wouldn’t I torch the whole bloody thing?”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“The difference between stalking and dating is a simple matter of attraction. In this case, the attraction is mutual, so stalking isn’t an issue.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“You know, someday you just might be wrong. It could happen.” “Doubtful, but even so. Today is not that day.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Well, you may not be totally wrong, but it doesn’t change the fact that the girl isn’t my problem.” Nana smacked my arm with a strength she shouldn’t be capable of. “Oran Marcus Byrne. I didn’t let you shadow my every step as a wee one so you’d grow up as dense as a stone.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Now, you say you don’t want to get blindsided again, but you had the intuition then, and you have it now. You just need to listen to it. What you’re doing at the moment is forcing everyone out so you don’t have to rely on instinct at all. It’s understandable. Acknowledging doubts about the person you married would be devastating for anyone. Rather than face that again, you’ve shut yourself off. But there’s no need for that extreme. You just have to listen to that little voice when it pipes up.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Now, you say you don’t want to get blindsided again, but you had the intuition then, and you have it now. You just need to listen to it. What you’re doing at the moment is forcing everyone out so you don’t have to rely on instinct at all. It’s understandable. Acknowledging doubts about the person you married would be devastating for anyone. Rather than face that again, you’ve shut yourself off. But there’s no need for that extreme.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“It’s rare to come across someone that secretly damaged. T’was a shame, but it won’t happen again. And if you live your life like it might, you let her win. You really want that? Think of how delighted she’d be to know how changed you are.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“I love you.” The words hung in the air, stopping time and my heart along with it. I felt like a kid who’d caught a soapy swirling bubble on the tip of my finger, afraid the slightest breeze might cause it to burst. Elation brighter than pure sunshine filled my chest. “I love you, too, Lina. More than you could ever comprehend.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Unless they’re tears of ecstasy, you crying means I haven’t done my job.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“was astounding—like a stained glass window that couldn’t show its colors until the sun shone through. She was playful and quirky in ways that made me want to get her naked. The cautious, determined woman I first met was still present but in a much softer, contented sense.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“The change in Lina”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Please don’t vomit. Please don’t vomit. Please don’t vomit. Saying I was nervous was like calling Mt. Everest a lovely little hill. I’d spilled my coffee at breakfast, stubbed my toe getting dressed, then forgot my purse when we left the house. I didn’t even remember the damn thing until we were half an hour into the ride.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“I have something to tell you, but I need you to stay calm.” I gaped at him. “That’s probably the absolute worst thing you could say to a person to keep them calm.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“If only signing away her life was as effortless for me as it had been for her to sign away my innocence, but that wasn’t the case. I supposed I was glad. I didn’t want to be her breed of monster.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Some souls were beyond redemption.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“An enemy taken to their lowest can be the absolute deadliest. If a person thinks they have nothing to lose, they become infinitely more dangerous. If we strip Eliza of everything she has, including her pride, she’ll suffer, but she’ll also become a possible threat. I don’t want to have to live every day worrying that woman will try to get revenge.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“God, it’s sexy when you’re vindictive.” “Not vindictive,” I informed him haughtily. “It’s karma, just like you said. Only, we’re helping it along.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“the woman was like a bad case of herpes—it was hard to forget she was there.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Some people had issues. Some were a little damaged. Lawrence Wellington was fucking broken. He was missing an essential component of basic humanity. That was the only way to explain it. How ironic that his inability to empathize was likely the very reason his son had turned out psychotic. And Wellington would never be able to see that he was the cause of his greatest disappointment.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“Pulling strings behind a desk was totally different from pulling a trigger.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“there was no getting the milk back in the jar once it was spilled.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction

“There were hardly two more motivating words than what if. When that simple phrase was given power by the mind, it could lead a person to incredible accomplishments or crippling devastation.”
― Jill Ramsower, Vicious Seduction