Grim and Bear It Quotes

“Hell, she was an angel born solely to torment me. And I was the demon who craved nothing more than to mark her with sin.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Clara’s twin sister, Violet, passed by the open entrance to the den, heading toward the front door. “Hi, ladies.” She waved, passing on by, but then froze mid-step and turned toward us, staring straight at me, obviously taking in my presence amongst the High Tea Book Club with a frilly teacup on my knee. Then she burst into laughter and walked on toward the front door, muttering, “Priceless.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I lifted a cupcake out of the box and took another step closer, holding it out to him. “It’s sweet and creamy, Henry. I promise. Don’t you want to lick my cupcake?” He made a strangled sound in the back of his throat, his eyes blinked heavily, and his chest caved with a gusty breath. For a fleeting few seconds, he seemed pained, almost tortured, then suddenly it was all gone. Like a switch had flipped. The look of agony vanished, replaced by something altogether more terrifying—resignation and a hard wickedness that made me quiver with desire. He shoved off the counter and straightened above me, forcing me to tilt my chin up. Holding my gaze, his own dark as pitch, he finally spoke. “Yeah, Clara. I wanna lick your cupcake.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Once I had him in the book club, I’d seduce him the only way I knew how. Through books.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Everyone needs a devil on their shoulder now and then. It’s good to be bad sometimes.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“That’s when the devil took me. It happened from time to time. Vi said I had a demon inside me that liked to come out and play on occasion.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Everyone deserves another soul who matches them, to walk beside them through this world, to be their best friend and true lover.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Um, Clara. You do know you’re pregnant, don’t you?”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I pulled it in place and walked up the ladder, telling him, “I’ve always wanted to use one of these.” “I remember.” “What?” I hadn’t ever told him that. “You wrote that post last year, titled your ‘Book Bucket List’ of all the book-related things you wanted to do.” “You read that?” I smiled over at him from the third step of the ladder. “I read all of your posts. I’m your number one fan. Remember?”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I have new respect for you, grim. Fucking outdoors is a good, primal activity with your woman. Back to nature is best.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Shit. Fuck. Damn. Motherfucking hell.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Do y’all know he has a giant library with shelves that reach the ceiling?” “Of course, he does,” snarked Violet. “Bitches love libraries.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I know grims can behave erratically when their mate is in your condition.” I stared at him and blinked. “What?” He laughed again, nervously this time. “Um, Clara. You do know you’re pregnant, don’t you?” A shot of adrenaline suddenly knocked my knees out from under me. “What?” was all I could say again. He grabbed me around the arms as I tottered. “You didn’t know. Oh, shit.” He looked around nervously again. “Hope I’m not overstepping. I say stupid shit when I shouldn’t.” “Does that mean you’re wrong? You’re mistaken?” “Oh, no.” He stared down at my belly.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“What I didn’t feel was what surprised me the most. I’d always looked at Clara and thought her too good for me, too benevolent to entangle herself with someone as fucked up as I was. But the truth was different. We matched. We fit together so completely that I knew the Goddess or Creator, or whoever the hell dabbled in our fates, had put her on my path for a reason. When I met her, I had been in a state of denial that I’d ever be able to have a normal relationship with a woman. I was convinced I’d been cursed by the world, cast out because I’d rejected my magic, the gift I was given. So I’d been content watching her from afar, marveling at her beauty and unwavering kindness. Until I wasn’t. Until she bestowed that kindness on me. Little by little, my heart opened and my soul began to believe that maybe, just maybe, it could come out of its own cage. Just knowing her, talking to her briefly on the street or being invited to their family gatherings—something I wasn’t ready for—slowly eroded away the shell of cynicism and defensiveness I wore wherever I went.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I’m no Prince Charming.” He clamped his jaw as if trying not to say something, but he did anyway, his face dropping an inch closer to mine. “But if your Prince Charming ever did come, Clara, I’d have to fucking kill him.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I knew how fucked up I was. A necromancer who hated ghosts. Who hated his magic. And she didn’t deserve someone as screwed up in the head as me. Or damaged. She deserved, I don’t know, a knight in shining fucking armor.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“As I watched her now, I wondered, not for the first time, if she was in fact my hope and my guide. Because wherever she went, I helplessly followed.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Everyone deserves another soul who matches them, to walk beside them through this world, to be their best friend and true lover.” His pulse throbbed faster against my palm where I had it pressed to the side of his neck. He heaved a shaky sigh. “Do you mean soulmates?” “Yes.” Hesitantly, cautiously, he then asked, “Are you my soulmate, Clara?” “Of course I am, silly.” I sat up, meeting an astonished dark-eyed gaze. “I’ve just been waiting for you to catch up and realize it.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Perhaps a dark prince,” I amended. “My own prince charming who came to my rescue.” He arched a brow, his face turning adamant. Anyone else would be frightened by such a fearsome expression by a grim vibrating with potent power, his fathomless black eyes still reflecting his gaze into the netherworld. But I wasn’t. I wanted to drown in his dark beauty. “I’m no Prince Charming.” He clamped his jaw as if trying not to say something, but he did anyway, his face dropping an inch closer to mine. “But if your Prince Charming ever did come, Clara, I’d have to fucking kill him.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“What did I come to do? I didn’t think about it. I’d simply run out my door like a maniac and raced in grim reaper speed—which happens to be as fast as and sometimes faster than vampires—to her aid. But what was it I could actually do? Offer her condolences? False platitudes? You could offer her more, the darkness whispered. “She’s dead, Henry.” “I know.” Then she was in my arms, her pink softness drowning me in ecstasy. “I’m wet from the rain. I’m sorry,” I protested weakly. “I don’t care. Please hold me.” For fuck’s sake. Hold her? I’d burn the world for her.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“She’d mentioned that she dated a guy once who smoked, and kissing him was like licking an ashtray. She couldn’t date him anymore after that. And then she went into this diatribe about how much she enjoyed kissing. I remember her words exactly when she said, “To me, kissing is more intimate than fucking. Though I like doing that a lot, too.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“You aren’t bringing those to the homeless, are you?” Clara had a habit of parading down to the tent city under the overpass to hand out boxes of leftovers from her tea club or from Sunday dinners with the family. For the most part, she was never in any danger. Except that one time she stumbled into a drug deal gone bad, and I had to knock them out for knocking her unconscious. I stayed hidden afterwards but waited until she woke a few minutes later to be sure she was okay. Good thing my instincts told me to follow her that day.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Kintsugi is a cool Japanese art form. They take broken pieces of pottery and mend it together with gold to emphasize the brokenness of it becoming whole again. They believe there is beauty in that.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I might seem all sweet and cute on the outside, but I could be manipulative to get what I wanted when I needed to.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Do y’all know he has a giant library with shelves that reach the ceiling?” “Of course, he does,” snarked Violet. “Bitches love libraries. Especially bitches like you.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“But Henry? Not a thing. Not a tiny inkling of emotion other than what I can read on his expression. Like normal people had to do. It was horrendous.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“Then I died.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“I’ve never had sex either, Clara. And you are the first girl I’ve ever kissed.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“step closer, holding it out to him. “It’s sweet and creamy, Henry. I promise. Don’t you want to lick my cupcake?”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It

“She didn’t look a mess. She looked like a fucking goddess, like a dream in pink satin with long blond waves caressing her shoulders, breasts, and hips. Hell, she was an angel born solely to torment me. And I was the demon who craved nothing more than to mark her with sin.”
― Juliette Cross, Grim and Bear It