Victoria Dahl > Quotes

“Yeah, I'm kind of proud of myself, too. I was a fucking sex ninja.”
― Victoria Dahl, Start Me Up

“Lori sat way back in her chair and gave him the once-over. "What in the world's gotten into Ben Lawson? jokes? Flirting? Maybe I should sleep with Molly. I think she's got a magic hooha.”
― Victoria Dahl, Talk Me Down

“Yes, she was imperfect. But that didn’t mean she wasn’t also spectacular.”
― Victoria Dahl, Talk Me Down

“I wouldn't yell 'fire' at that slimeball if his ass was in flames.”
― Victoria Dahl, Talk Me Down

“She reached to give him an awkward hug, and when he hugged her back, his hand accidentally
touched her belly. It was surprisingly hard and something shifted beneath the surface.
“Oh, shit!” he yelped, jerking back.
“What’s wrong?”
“It, uh, moved.”
“Feels like an alien, doesn’t it? I swear to God, I have nightmares that it’s going to burst out of my stomach like a monster. But I think it’s pretty
harmless.”
― Victoria Dahl, Good Girls Don't

“Apparently falling slowly is a scientific impossibility. Falling means that you’re not in control, doesn’t it? I should’ve considered that.”
― Victoria Dahl, Good Girls Don't

“This is so weird. I feel like bambi just morphed into a raging nymphomaniac.”
― Victoria Dahl, Start Me Up

“I’ve had a rough six months, okay?” she cried. “Little Blue was my last friend,
and frankly the last time his batteries ran out I had a fleeting moment of panic
that he’d been compromised!”
― Victoria Dahl, Talk Me Down

“Aw, hell, Tessa. I was in ninth grade. By the time I got to the part where I imagined a girl without panties on, it was all over.”
― Victoria Dahl, Good Girls Don't

“On the contrary, I like men. They are polite and helpful and necessary for dancing. And men are so handsome and different, aren't they?"
"Not all of us, clearly, but I'll let that go.”
― Victoria Dahl, A Little Bit Wild

“Of course not," she snapped. "I'm only thirsty. Would you play the gallant and find me a glass of lemonade?"
"I assume 'lemonade' is code for wine?”
― Victoria Dahl, A Little Bit Wild

“Jane Morgan had ruined him. Ridden him hard and put him up wet. He might never recover.
Mentally he was even worse off. Who was this girl?”
― Victoria Dahl, Lead Me On

“You're walking around here with a smile on your face, Asher. It's freaking everybody out.”
― Victoria Dahl, Good Girls Don't

“You’re looking for a man who can fix you?”
“No! I don’t expect a man to fix me! I’m not an idiot. I just want a man I can hide behind.”
Chase’s eyebrows flew high. His mouth twitched up, and Jane felt her mouth twitch, too.
“Jane, I’m no Dr. Phil, but I’m pretty sure you’re certifiably fucked-up.”
“Shut up!”
“It’s true. Man, if I wasn’t already in love with you, I’d be out of here.”
― Victoria Dahl, Lead Me On

“He pushed up a little, raising his head to look into her eyes. After a moment, weariness settled into his features. "It's too late regardless. I'm yours now."

I'm yours. The beautiful opposite of what Peter White had said to her. You're mine now, he'd crowed, as if she were a purchased treat. The difference, it seemed, between a boy and a man. Just as Jude had promised.”
― Victoria Dahl, A Little Bit Wild

“Yes," she spat. "I am quite picky. Often I like my seductions to consist of more than 'Hallo there. are to spread your knees for a duke?' Silly miss that I am.”
― Victoria Dahl, A Rake's Guide To Pleasure

“We just went out for dinner. We didn't participate in a Roman orgy, I swear.”
― Victoria Dahl, Good Girls Don't

“I don’t bake cookies. I don’t want to take care of a man. I’m bitchy. I’m demanding. I want my own space and free time, and when I’m in a bad mood, I’ll tell you and I’ll use bad language while I do it.”
― Victoria Dahl, Fanning the Flames

“That werewolf fantasy would be a hard one to pull off. She'd have to troll through the forest in high heels, just praying one of the scruffy campers was actually a raving beast.”
― Victoria Dahl, Start Me Up

“Thank God she wasn't wearing shorts. She hadn't shaved her legs in a week, theorizing that October in the mountains was pretty darn cold and she might need the extra layer of insulation.”
― Victoria Dahl, Talk Me Down

“I think he could handle being used. It would be good for him. He's having trouble sleeping.”
― Victoria Dahl, Start Me Up

“Pictures of the corners of life that no one else saw.”
― Victoria Dahl, Strong Enough to Love

“It wasn't funny."
"Oh, mon coeur. It was the funniest thing I've ever heard."
"Jude!" she cried, stomping her foot before she realized she'd done it.
"I'd kiss you now if I wasn't sure that you'd bit me."
She would. She'd nip that obnoxious smile right off his face.
"Now I know why you're so good at it. Kissing. You've had loads of practice.”
― Victoria Dahl, A Little Bit Wild

“Don’t be maudlin. You’re a librarian, for God’s sake. Toughen up.”
― Victoria Dahl

“Ben hid a wince behind his hand, trying very hard not to think of seventy-year-old Ellie Verstgard rolling around with Mr. Wenner. Despite his best resistance, the image scrolled across his brain and took some of his love for the world with it.”
― Victoria Dahl, Talk Me Down

“He smelled the way a man should smell when he was in your bed and working hard for it.”
― Victoria Dahl, Fanning the Flames

“I think I'd better plead the fifth."
"Isn't that an admission of guilt, Detective?"
"Legally, it's a neutral position."
"Oh, but it's morally damning, isn't it?"
"Morally?" His deep brown eyes sparkled and the weight in Tessa's belly melted all over her insides. "Oh, yeah," he said softly. "Morally, it's a big problem.”
― Victoria Dahl, Good Girls Don't

“Buddies didn't have touchable breasts or intriguing vaginas. Buddies were people you burped around and bragged to about other women.”
― Victoria Dahl, Too Hot to Handle

“He stood there a moment longer, fantasizing once again of rescuing Lori Love. She’d turned out to be a damsel in distress after all, but not the innocent, helpless kind. No, she was a damsel of a different sort. The brave kind who fought and lied and stole and did really dirty things with the knight in shining armor. Just before she sent him on his way with a pat on the back. And that was that.”
― Victoria Dahl, Start Me Up

“Edward, it will take time to find a willing and acceptable match, won't it? Decent men do not hang about at crossroads just waiting for ruined women to take them home.”
― Victoria Dahl, A Little Bit Wild