Delilah Marvelle > Quotes

“How much do you love me?"
She drew in a breath and let it out. "Too much."
"Too much is just enough for this man."
"And do you love me?" she whispered.
"I have always loved you. Always. You know that.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Once Upon a Scandal

“Where there is a will to conquer a man, there is a way to conquer a man.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“Her unusual upbringing had made her worldly enough to understand that every female, no matter her genus and species, had the ability to physically coerce a male into full cooperation.

And yes, she knew just the male to coerce.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Prelude to a Scandal

“Lord brayton is a very attractive man,' she called out above all their guffaws. 'And if he were to wear tis in my presence outside the bounds if this school, I would bed him. Repeatedly. Until I was unable to walk.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“Which meant she might as well return to a topic no man would ever bore of.Sex. "That concludes my overall dissertation on bedside manners before and after an encounter. Moving on to the last topic evolving around the setting of the bedroom. Would ine of yoy please define the purpose of a dildo and why a man should consider keeping one at his bedside at all times?”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“His eyes darkened. He edged toward her. "And how am I a farce?"
"You told me in your own words the night we formally met that you play the role of a gentleman for a reason, and that it has nothing to do with respectability. Which leads me to conclude that you are hiding behind the illusion of perfection you create for the sole purpose of misleading others. Because there is no perfect life, my lord. Just as there is no perfect gentleman. Lie to yourself and to those who feast on your illusion, but do not lie to me.”
― Delilah Marvelle, The Perfect Scandal

“What defines a woman? Why, she does, of course.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“No matter how fearless we believe ourselves to be, there will always be something capable of causing every heart to quake. Recognizing one's fears and facing them will not necessarily eradicate those fears, but it will gift the soul with a renewed strength to enable it to survive.”
― Delilah Marvelle, The Perfect Scandal

“If a tear could save the world, I would tell you to use it. But given it can’t, I am telling you to save yourself and smile.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Night of Pleasure

“Imagine a person being called upon by all of society to speak a language they have never even heard of. Imagine that same person being told they must speak this language or lose all they hold dear. It's neither fair or realistic, in theory, and yet, such is the role women play when becoming wives. Though love may not always assist a woman in speaking the same language as her husband, it will offer assistance in one of the most demanding roles known to humanity. Honor love, even if your marriage is one of convenience.”
― Delilah Marvelle, The Perfect Scandal

“Now there was a chariot worth riding into hell on.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“English jargon.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Forever a Lord

“You women-loving men are too focused on being men. Focus on being human, for fravashi sake. Focus on being a friend.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Night of Pleasure

“Her way of thinking is skewed and-and…if she weren’t a woman, I’d damn well say she were a man. Trust me when I say she is the rake and I am the fair maiden.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“And if Derek thought he was the only one who could chew spiced candy, he’d never met the girl who had shot a pistol, smashed vases over men’s heads, grabbed her reticule, crawled out of a window bleeding and then watched the New York authorities take over while lighting a cheroot on the street.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Night of Pleasure

“It was taking foreveeeeer.”
― Delilah Marvelle, The Duke of Andelot

“London could do with a bit of excitement, ma chére.” Her grandmother grinned. “Let the city burn.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure

“Not everyone is capable of seduction, yet everyone is perfectly capable of being seduced.”
― Delilah Marvelle, Mistress of Pleasure