Barbarian Mine Quotes

“And he can’t stop staring at me, as if I’m some magical dick-sucking unicorn come to life.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“We will stay. Our son will need friends. You will need the healer. And I," he says, grazing his thumb over my mouth. "Will always need you. A male cannot exist apart from its heart.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“You can go down on me tomorrow or something, when I’m less tired.” Great, now I’m passing up oral sex in exchange for brushing a man’s hair? I must be tired. Or insane. Something.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Promise me we won’t change?” She burrows her face against my neck. “No matter what?”

“I will tear khui from my chest before I leave you,” I tell her. “We are together. Always.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Har-loh's eyes widen at the sight of him, and then she begins to cry. "He's so beautiful." I chuckle. "No, he's not. He is wrinkly.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“I,” he says, grazing his thumb over my mouth. “Will always need you. A male cannot exist apart from his heart.” Neither”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Oh my God,” Liz cries out. “Can you two make out? For me? That would be so hot.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“The man I have imagined as my father for so long in my bits of memories? The man I have revered? It is not the man I should be looking to for answers. It should be the man at my side, my brother. My brother who has tirelessly hunted at my side and gave me company even when I did not want it. Who brings his pregnant mate and has her sit with mine so she will not be lonely. Who risks his own family to help me protect mine. Who opened his home to me without question, and has never expected thanks.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“He is bald, and I'm torn between thinking he is the ugliest, weakest creature I have ever seen...and the most wonderful.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Now come on. I made some stew and you and Raahosh can sit by the fire and glare stoically at each other.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Her small face is the last thing I see before I go to sleep, and the first thing I search for when I awaken. Sometimes it still feels like a dream that she is here with me, and I clutch her to me harder, afraid to wake up.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“I am filled with shame, and I press her small face to mine. I am not caring for her properly.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“She is fragile, my Har-loh. I must make sure I take good care of her. The thrumming in my chest demands it.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“my breasts are full with milk, my belly’s rounded and a little soft, and my hips feel a little bigger than before. But the way Rukh looks at me? I’ve never felt sexier.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“throat.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“This thing is ugly and pale.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Har-loh, I will wait forever for you if I must. Time does not matter as long as we are together.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Her small face is the last thing I see before I go to sleep, and the first thing I search for when I awaken.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“A male cannot exist apart from his heart.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“I will wait forever for you if I must. Time does not matter as long as we are together.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“You are my brother,” Raahosh says in a low voice. “I will always help you.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“This female is mine, now. I’ve taken her from the bad ones. She belongs to me, and I’ll kill anything that tries to take her.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“slide.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“I am,” I say, wiping away some of my tears. “What are you doing here?” “Me?” She sputters. “Girl, what are you doing here, you bitch? We thought you were dead!”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“You don’t want Rukh to stay with his mate?” Liz asks. “Rukh is strong and fast. We need him,” Raahosh says. His gaze fixes on Liz. “You will stay with her.” “You’re sidelining the vaginas?” Liz bellows. “The fuck, babe?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“Liz jokes that their kid will be called Ho-shiz and Kira and Aehako’s called Crack-ho, and we all lose it again.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“So like…Georgie and Vektal would be…Georgal? Or Vektie?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“I can balance a checkbook like nobody’s business and can count a drawer of money in a heartbeat. But crafty shit? Not in the slightest.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“You - you can’t carry me the entire way,” I protest. He’s strong, but I’m a solid girl and I’m carrying a baby. There’s no way. “Can I not? You are my mate,” he says in a low voice. “I would do anything for you.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine

“And I,” he says, grazing his thumb over my mouth. “Will always need you. A male cannot exist apart from his heart.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian Mine