Jaclyn Osborn > Quotes

“You are my heart,” he said unexpectedly. The amount of care in his voice settled over my chest like a warm cloak. “I do not easily confess emotions in the way you do, but know I feel the same. The words I once spoke to you hold true: I will kill any man and turn the whole world to ash for you, my warrior. I fear neither battle nor death, but I fear the day you are not by my side. Never question where my heart lies, because it is forever yours. In this life and the next.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“You and I will never part, my warrior. In this life and the next, we will be just as we have forever been: side by side. There is not a thing that can take me from you, neither the slashing of a sword nor the impalement from a spear, for I will always find you.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“For as long as there is breath in my lungs, I will love you. Only you. And even when I leave this world, I will still belong to you, for my soul will forever seek yours. In both this life and the next. Remember?”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“But if I did not seek out the light, I would be consumed by the darkness, and life was too beautiful for such a thing. A”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“Self-sacrifice isn’t like you at all. Where’s that annoying, cocky-as-fuck demon I love to hate?” “He died that day on the beach when you held a blade to his throat,” I said. “I still remember the way you looked, covered in blood and sweat. Messy bangs falling into your face. You were beautiful and devastating. I knew right then you’d be my undoing.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Bellamy

“The only thing that matters to me in this life is you, Ery.” I kissed the side of his head and entwined my fingers in the short waves of his hair. “Gods, man, creature… I will kill them all if it means saving you.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“In all the ages, there has never been a love like ours. No one has ever loved another as I have loved you. If we fall today, my soul will find yours. For I am eternally yours… in this life and the next.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“snatched a grape off his plate and ate it. “Thief,” he said.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Bellamy

“Reading is not only the perfect way to unwind after a long day, but it also fuels the mind.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 1

“You are my heart,” he (Eryx) said…. “I will kill any man and turn the whole world to ash for you, my warrior. I fear neither battle nor death, but I fear the day you are not by my side. Never question where my heart lies, because it’s forever yours. In this life and the next.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“You might be an asshole… but I want you to be my asshole.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Kane's Awakening

“Don’t worry about me,” I said. “I’m a powerful muffin lord. I can take care of myself.” “Tell that to the rock that tripped you earlier.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 2

“I am not blinded to the darkness of the world; I just choose to see the good as well.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Found at Sea

“think it’s cute how you’re such a book-obsessed shut-in, but don’t you want to get out sometimes and live a little?” “Reading is living,” I said.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 1

“Nothing like a conversation with a bigot to remind you of how far we still needed to go as a society. Theo and I lived a hundred years apart, but the issues we faced, though better now, were still the same.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, The Ghost of Ellwood

“What you need is a good, hard spanking.” Lazarus stepped closer. “Michael is correct. The stunt you pulled was foolish. All so you could prance before Lucifer, fluffing your feathers like the beautiful, prideful creature you are. Was it to gain his approval? To intimidate him?” I blinked, confused. Only one thing in his statement jumped out at me. “Did you just call me beautiful?”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Alastair

“Armen stood in front of the stove, cooking, as Warrin leaned against the counter and talked to him. At my approach, Warrin’s blue eyes shifted to me. And the way his entire face lit up gave me butterflies. He looked at me like I was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Daman

“Well, at least you’ll have Bob the Copying Machine to keep you warm at night.”
“Um. His name is Franklin,” Monty said, holding up a hand. “Get it right.”
Seeing a blinking light on the machine, I pointed to it. “Looks like Franklin is out of paper. You should fix that.”
“Oh, I’ll stuff him real good,” Monty said, before grabbing paper from the pack and slowly sticking it into the slot. “Damn, he’s all nice and tight now.”
I cleared my throat. Sherry, the computer lab teacher, had walked into the lounge. Monty flipped around, the smile vanishing instantly as he spotted her.
“I, uh, was just refilling the paper,” he said, pointing to the machine.
“Good job,” Sherry said, looking at him like he belonged in a mental ward.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Topping the Jock

“Being in his arms did something strange to me. Made me feel… different. Other men had been a fun way to pass the time. They had also served another purpose. To give me attention, to make me believe that, if for only a moment, I was the best thing that had ever happened to them. None of it had been enough to sate me. Because at the end of the day, I’d still felt unsatisfied. Hollow. I was constantly searching for something to fill the void in my chest. As I cuddled against Warrin, breathing in his scent of snow-covered forests and winter berries, feeling the light caress of his fingertips on my spine, I wondered if maybe I’d finally found it.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Daman

“Someone’s sexuality shouldn’t define who they are as a person. And I hope one day the world stops focusing so much on who people have in their beds and starts basing their opinions on people’s character instead.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Zack's Awakening

“If choosing him meant I had to fall, then I’d fall a thousand times before ever letting him go.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Alastair

“I treasure you,” he finally spoke. “Not a day passes where I do not thank the gods for placing you in my life.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Axios: A Spartan Tale

“Yeah nothing weird about being pulled over by the same guy who unleashed a load in your ass a few days prior.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Kane's Awakening

“I like your hair,” I said. “Silver with shades of blue. It reminds me of an arctic glacier.” His lips curved a bit. “Your hair reminds me of a brown-furred sable.” “A sable? As in that cute little animal with big ears?” “You share no resemblance in regard to your ears.” “But you think I’m small and cute?” Warrin’s blush deepened, and he averted his gaze.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Daman

“face first into a man’s cart, causing the trinkets to rattle and nearly break.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, The Nymph Prince

“I love the way he makes me feel, like I’m one of those paper lanterns people light and release into the air. He set me on fire, then made me soar.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Perfectly Us

“There’s no one right way to live your life, no one right way to love.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Perfectly Us

“And when the sun shines again, and you feel the warmth of it on your skin, you’ll remember the beauty you once forgot.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, The Ghost of Ellwood

“The road to self-discovery is paved with confusion, sometimes fear, and can be hard to travel at times. But it can also be beautiful.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, Perfectly Us

“Sometimes a man needs to be given exactly what he asked for in order for him to realize that what he really needed was what he had all along.”
― Jaclyn Osborn, A Gift of Time