Curse of the Wolf King Quotes

“Maybe books are a strange form of human sorcery. For how else can a story feel so satisfying and agonizing at the same time?”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Yes, it’s worth it. The good and the bad. It’s the story as a whole that matters.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“You make me feel the way books do.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made. And in these books, I can give myself the ending that was stolen from me. The ending I no longer believe exists in real life.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“You see, I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now. And the man who loves me will not ask me to hide, ignore, or keep any part of me or my past under lock and key. He will love me just as I am.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“There’s no room for me, not when society has already decided who and what I should be. A daughter. A woman. A wife-in-training. Quiet. Demure. Chaste.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Books give me experiences I shouldn’t have, emotions that aren’t my own. They spell out words that manage to draw tears from my eyes, twist my heart, even though nothing is physically happening to me. It’s a human sorcery I don’t care to mess with.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“It’s okay to be tired,” she says. “But don’t give up. Don’t let the spark die out. It’s who you are.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“To feel nothing is not a life worth living.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Maybe it doesn’t have to last forever to be real.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Saints Above, why am I so on edge today? As if in answer, my gaze is drawn to the tea table in front of the couch, where a well-worn book rests, taunting me. Oh, that’s right. Because I’m out of reading material. Again.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Damn it all to hell, I really need a new book. Otherwise, my mind will be the death of me.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“but there’s something in his posture that wasn’t there before.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“And it isn’t just what the gift looks like. It isn’t about what it is at all. It’s about what it does to my heart.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“It's okay to be tired," she says."But don't give up. Don't let the spark die out. It's who you are.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“That is why fiction exists. It takes us to places we’ll never go in real life, allows us to feel emotions and experiences we might not get the chance to have ourselves.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Every night, I’d fall asleep to the melodies of coyotes, and in the morning, I’d wake with the silent sun.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“I clench my jaw, wanting to scream. How are the people here so…so stagnant? So unprogressive? I never considered my previous homes to be amidst advanced society, but everyone I’ve met in Vernon suggests this place is several years—if not decades—behind the times.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Life has a way of pulling the rug from under my feet just when things seem perfect.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Go, Gemma. Be free. And know that, wherever you go, I will always love you.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Books give me experiences I shouldn’t have, emotions that aren’t my own. They spell out words that manage to draw tears from my eyes, twist my heart, even though nothing is physically happening to me.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“The petals are falling faster.” He meets my eyes. “I’m running out of time.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Yes, it’s worth it. To feel nothing is not a life worth living. Yes, it hurts to return to the mundane after being swept away in a beautiful fantasy, but at least for a time, that fantasy was mine. It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t real, nor could ever be.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Perhaps that's why I choose to disappear into books. It's a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I've been through.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made. And in these books, I can give myself the ending that was stolen from me. The ending I no longer believe exists in real life. Love.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Experiencing pain that is not your own. Feeling joy and love and a happy ending that’s over as soon as you close the book. Is it worth it? Or does it only make reality colder when you’re forced to return to it? Would it not be better to feel nothing at all?”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“The book has just the effect I was after, and soon the words swallow me into a made-up world. One where happy endings are real and love conquers all. It’s nonsense, and I know it. But right now, I just want to get lost there.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“How can you not see what you do to me? You make me feel the way books do. Things I never had to feel as a wolf. Thing I've only begun to feel since I met you.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King