Mari's Mistake Quotes

“She is so beautiful, my Mari, that it makes me pause. How am I so lucky? I stare at her, overcome with emotion, and a big hand claps on my back. "It was like that for me, as well," Bek comments, and taps the underside of my jaw, where my mouth is hanging open. "I could not look at my Ell-ee without feeling overwhelmed for many, many moons after we resonated. I still feel overwhelmed, knowing she is mine." His hard face softens into a smile. "Take it for the gift that it is and be happy." "I shall," I vow,”
― Ruby Dixon, Mari's Mistake

“I think about the smile he made when we first resonated, as if he’d been given the world’s greatest gift. I think about him grimacing as he ate the fish head, the rueful expression on his face. I think about how he looked when we first kissed. His sleepy expression when he was feeling relaxed and drowsy. His proud stance as he fished, his tail utterly still, back straight…and those two fascinating dimples that showed up just above his backside when he did. I think of the beautiful sound of his laugh. Of the tender expression on his face as he changed camouflage colors to match my skin. I think of the way he looked at me as we made love.”
― Ruby Dixon, Mari's Mistake

“I'm learning all kinds of things out here on Nude Sushi Beach. I'm learning that these people are buck naked all the damn time, probably because of the heat and humidity.”
― Ruby Dixon, Mari's Mistake

“As my mother would say, el que espera, despera. He who waits, despairs.”
― Ruby Dixon, Mari's Mistake