Getting Wilde Quotes

“Try to mind your manners while we’re here. If it helps, imagine that you have taken on the identity of someone who is polite. Even charming.” “That’ll cost extra.” “I have no doubt.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“Clearly the guy thought he could get what he wanted simply by boring me to death.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“Everything about the man screamed money, power, and danger. Most especially danger.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“I randomly found two brain cells that remained firing and linked them together, rekindling my ability for speech.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“It’s the pain, isn’t it? With enough pain, you wink out.” He didn’t answer, and I grinned. “I’m totally going to force you to binge-watch the Kardashians, to see if we can try this at home.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“It always came back to the cards, and the cards had predicted Death. Sure enough, Death was all around me, shimmering in the night. The cards had been right on the money, in fact—first the exploding Tower, then the Magician, then Death. All of them appearing in rapid succession, each more alarming than the last. The only card left was—the Devil. What did the Devil card mean this night? More lies, more deceit? Or was its appearance simply a marker, a warning that I was about to head into the underbelly of society, down the well-trod rabbit hole of crime, prostitution, drugs, and death? Maybe. Or maybe I’d soon be enjoying Devil’s Food cake. I voted for Option B.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“I’d gotten distracted by a before-and-after article on celebrity plastic surgery gone terribly wrong. And that was that.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“Sadly, my Google Fu was not strong.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“You mean with Armaeus. The fact that parts of…our time together, I can no longer remember.” “I do not blame you, of course. As tedious as the Magician is when standing upright, he must be an absolute trial in bed.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“One evening of carnal pleasure with Armaeus, no matter how intriguing, does not a relationship make.” I scowled at him, knowing he was baiting me but unable to resist the challenge. “As you say.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“Armaeus had insinuated himself into my dreams and more than his share of hallucinations from our very first contact, which had been a little intrusive, but it had its upsides. Eventually, he’d wanted more, I hadn’t, and we’d adopted a grudging détente. Unfortunately, he was a persistent pain in the ass.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde

“To me, and to other Connected who were, well, connected, he was the Magician. As in the Original Alchemist, the Trickster of the Tarot, the Cobbler…and the leader of the Arcana Council that was—quite naturally, I suppose—currently based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Keeping the world safe for all things magical.”
― Jenn Stark, Getting Wilde