Constance O'Banyon > Quotes

“This man was different from all others; he was forbidden fruit, the outsider. Her mother had trained her well, but she had never told her what to do if a man set her heart to throbbing like the hooves of a runaway horse.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Moontide Embrace

“Love is for fools and dreamers, who don’t know better.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress

“Please let me go now," she said in a soft voice. "I can be of no further use to you."

"Suppose I want to keep you as my own?"

She pushed his hand away and sat up. "I am serious, Raven."

"Perhaps I am too.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“Mama says beauty of heart is much more valuable than a pretty face.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress

“Sharper than a serpent’s fang is a woman’s tongue,”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress

“Season, if you die I will be cast into the bowels of hell. It was I who caused your accident. Open your eyes and release me from this torment!" the deep raspy voice commanded. "If you die, my lady, I will have no reason to live."

The voice was very familiar. Season searched her mind, trying to remember where she had heard it before.

"You are my lady," the raspy voice continued. "I love you more than my own life.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“I have never harmed you, and I will never know why you felt it necessary to harm me."

The Raven was quiet for a long moment. When he spoke his voice was no more than a raspy whisper. "I think, my lady, I was also harmed by you.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“I will burn a memory into his very soul, she thought as she moved sensuously against his body.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“Will other women possess you?" she asked breathlessly.

He turned his cheek and rested it against hers as he started moving slowly inside her. "I have never been possessed . . . until now," he said in a deep voice. "You have entered my blood, and nothing I can do will wipe your memory away.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“Tis wrong," she cried in a moment of sanity. "My soul will be damned to hell for eternity."

"If this be hell, my lady, give me an eternity to spend there with you," his deep, husky voice resounded against her ear.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“beauty of heart is much more valuable than a pretty face.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress

“She touched something deep inside him, and he wanted nothing more than to stand between her and any trouble that might come her way.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Heart of Texas

“Where have you gone, O noble lords of the plain? Time has erased your footprints with the passing seasons’ rain. Your voices have now been silenced to no longer echo in the hills. The battles are but memories when you watched your lifeblood spill. It is we who are the losers; it is we who bear the shame. O mighty Blackfoot warrior, only your legend remains the same. Constance O’Banyon”
― Constance O'Banyon, Savage Winter

“I am pained that you should say so, my lady. I will be sorry to be parted from you.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“Happiness is a fleeting thing, little mistress. You cannot hold it in your hand, you cannot smell it or taste it—you can only take it when it comes along.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress

“There is no meaning to life unless there is commitment and love.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress

“Child, the future is like looking in a mirror—we can see the here and now; we can see what’s behind us; but we can’t see what will be reflected in the mirror when we walk away. Tomorrow is going to be hard to get through, we know that—but trust that the future”
― Constance O'Banyon, Hawk's Pledge

“I know I will have to do the right thing and return her to her father, but it is ripping my heart apart.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Velvet Chains

“those who soar the highest, fall the hardest. Watch out that you don’t take a tumble.”
― Constance O'Banyon, Enchantress