Barbarian's Taming Quotes

“MADDIE: I know what it’s like to be ignored. I know what it’s like to feel like everyone in the world is against you. I know what it feels like to be on the outside and wanting desperately to be accepted.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Hassen: I do not look back because I cannot change the past. You should not, either. That is one of the first things you must learn as a hunter—do not regret what you do not have.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Considering that I took advantage of Hassen the moment he decided to hang out with me, my sister has the wrong one pegged as a predator.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“MADDIE: Change is good. It’s not always easy, but it’s good. And it’s time I made a few changes.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“MADDIE: If I can find my own, I can survive on my own. I won’t be dependent on anyone.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“The last thing I need is to get involved with the bad boy of the ice planet.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“It's wrong to hook up with him, even as a mindless fling.  Except...I'm not so good with the whole 'rules' thing. And he's not so great with the 'fling' thing.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Sometimes you need to be in your own head to process things.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“You can only be strong for so long before you crumple on the inside.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“And then you’ll come back home to me and we’ll start our happily ever after, right?”

“My happy does not wait for later,” he tells me. “My happy is now. Here. With you. I need nothing else.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“HASSEN: Perhaps I will never get over the shame of disappointment, but it will not destroy me.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“MADDIE: Nobody’s got it easy right now. We just have to suck it up.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“If it can make him forget the world for a few hours, I suppose I must ‘bear the burden’ of having my pussy eaten out. Darn.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“MADDIE: You made a mistake, but that doesn’t mean you should be punished forever.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“MADDIE: ....it’s just me against the world, and it’s the loneliest feeling ever.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“None of these put him on the ‘Ice Planet’s Most Desirable Bachelors’ List.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“I don’t guess you’ve ever had a girl touch you like this before, have you?” “Never,”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Sometimes you have to work through things without people talking to you and asking you questions.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“do not regret what you do not have. Make use of what you do.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“If another so much as looks at her, I will tear his throat out like a crazed metlak.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Either I get to sit out in the open and have people ‘nice’ me to death, or I can come and sit in a dark room with Wednesday Addams here.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“I fart around in the tribal cave for the rest of the day.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Funny how the only time I don’t feel lost is when I’m with him.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“He needs space, and I don't blame him. Sometimes you have to work through things without people talking to you and asking you questions.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“I don’t know if you have noticed, but I have a bit more weight than most.” Her words make no sense. “Your weight is nothing to be ashamed of.” “Isn’t it?” I look down at her face. Is she mad? “You are sturdy. You are strong. You are healthy. Why should I care?” “Um, because it takes more to feed me? Because I require more leather than Josie for a new tunic?” She is mad. “Jo-see eats more than two humans. Does that mean we should get rid of her?” “Well, no—” “And Farli will soon be taller than all of the human females. Should we get rid of her?” “Now you’re just splitting hairs—” “I love your sturdy human body,” I tell her, leaning down to kiss her pink mouth. “I love your soft thighs that wobble when I sink into you. I love your big teats that bounce when my cock is inside you. These things change nothing. If you were Jo-see’s size, I would care for you in the same way I do now.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Change is good. It’s not always easy, but it’s good. And it’s time I made a few changes.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“I’m about as good with babies as I am dvisti, but hey, time to learn a new skill.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“Though the look he’s giving me right now? That tells me he’d enjoy that far too much. That he’d do more than just kiss it if I bared it for his inspection.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“I drop to my knees and press my head to her teats, listening. Hoping.

“Oh,” she breathes, just as her chest begins to resonate. “Oh. I think…I think the ground isn’t shaking. I think it’s me.”

“And me,” I tell her, utter joy racing through me. I hold her tightly, burying my face against her as I listen to her khui begin its song.

It is singing to me.

And I am singing back.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming

“She stiffens against me and then pulls back, a frown on her face. “Okay, this is going to sound weird…” Her hand presses to the center of my chest. “But you’re rumbling. Baby, do you have indigestion?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Taming