The Wild Heir Quotes

“I can only hope she likes what she sees, that I’m enough for her. I’ll do anything to be her King.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“I have a Viking heart. And with this heart, I can’t be afraid to love you bravely and boldly, Ella. I have fierce love for you, the kind that eats me up inside, the kind that influences everything I do. This fierce love might scare the both of us from time to time but it’s mine and it’s yours.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“I used to be so fearless. Then I met Ella. Then I realized how much I really stand to lose.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“I’ve always had trouble focusing on the right things. I’ve had a hard time trying to pay attention to things in life that most people do. I’ve struggled to make sense of the way I see the world. But…when I see you, you’re all I see.” I stare down at her lips. “I know that doesn’t sound like much but to me, it means everything. You’re starting to mean everything to me.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“What are you doing?” she asks, trying to wrestle her hand out of mine.
“Holding your hand,” I tell her. “You see I’m dastardly like that.”
“More like bastardly,” she mumbles under her breath.
“That’s the spirit,” I goad her. “A few more back and forths like that and it’ll be like we can hold an actual conversation.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“all people are looking for is someone to talk to and someone they want to listen to.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“Ella is complicated and passionate and fierce. Just like you. You have a fierce Viking heart, handed down from your ancestors. So love fiercely, Magnus. Love bravely. Lover her with everything you’ve got.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“I never imagined in a million years that someone could see me the way that you see me and make me feel that I’m worth something. And I hope, beyond all hopes, that I do the same for you.”
Slowly she lifts up her head and rolls over to the side, blinking up at me with tears swimming in her eyes.
“You mean that?” she whispers.
I can’t help the lovesick puppy smile that I know is spreading across my face. “I mean it. I mean it with every beat of my Viking heart.
“A savage heart,” she whispers. “A warrior heart.”
“A hearts that’s all yours.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“It’s like being trapped on the moors,” she says quietly.
“If it makes you feel any better, then yes. Just pretend I’m Heathcliff.”
“Like you’ve even read Wuthering Heights.”
“Hey,” I tell her, gesturing to my muscles. “Just because I look like this doesn’t mean I’m stupid.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“You would be completely okay with being married to a stranger? You’d be okay with marriage in general? You do know you have a horrible reputation amongst women, don’t you?”
He glares at me. “I wouldn’t call it horrible.”
“You’re a manwhore, playboy, womanizer.” I tick off my fingers. “Wannabe Cassanova.”
“Wannabe? I think I’ve fully achieved Cassanova status at this point.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“Maybe this wasn’t how we saw our lives going but right now, I can’t think of it going any other way. I know you have your reservations and you’re entitled to them. I have mine too. I know we’ve only known each other for a few weeks and I know we’re not in love. We’re barely in like. But I do know that I want to do this with you and I can only hope you’ll do it with me.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir

“Time flies when you’re having fun. Time also flies when you’re about to be married and there are million of things left to do, a million places you have to be, a million things you have to say.”
― Karina Halle, The Wild Heir