Ann-Katrin Byrde > Quotes

“Eating on the job?” he asked, pointing at the remainder of the sandwich in my hand. To counter that, I pointed at the sign on the door behind him. “We're closed.” “Oh.” He scratched the back of his neck. “You should really lock the door when you're closed.” “Yeah, I know. I keep expecting people who come to my bookstore to be able to read. My mistake.” “Oh, burn! Okay, you win this round.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, The Omega's Fake Mate

“So, imagine if only some events in life were pre-ordained, and only to a certain extent. The choices you make would still make an impact on the way events play out. I like to think that only a few things in life are truly left up to fate, if fate exists. Like set stops on a journey. You're going to hit them, but the way you reach them is up to you, as well as the way you let them influence the rest of your path.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, The Dragon's Perfect Omega

“We make the best choices we can in the moment, with what we know and what we need. Sometimes those choices aren't the ones that will be right for us later in life, but they're the best ones we can make in the moment. But you have to work from where you are now, not where you would have been if you'd made different choice.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, Just Like in the Movies

“All genres are worth perusing,” Zander said without missing a beat. “I don't believe in declaring a whole subset of novels unworthy. You never know what treasures you might be missing.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, The Omega's Fake Mate

“Thick and solid, just the way I liked it. I licked my lips, fondling him. “I want this in me,” I said, and then I added, “I’ve never had someone so big before,” because I’d learned that the only thing that did a man in faster than stroking his dick was stroking his ego. And if you could do both at the same time, well…”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, Love Bites

“That was me, living vicariously through the Oceanport clan.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, Act Like You Don't Care

“Oh. My. God.
If anyone ever asked, I gave vampire dick a ten out of ten.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, Love Bites

“At least tell me if there's going to be a happy ending,” he said, peering into my eyes.

My heart beat faster, feeling his absolute attention on me. “It's a romance novel.”

“Not all romances end well.”

“No, but in romance novels they do, at least in the good ones.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, The Omega's Fake Mate

“We all grow and change as we age. The parts we find more useful in our daily lives are the ones that get stronger. And the ones that don't get us what we want, usually, start to fade away.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, Just Like in the Movies

“Get folding, sunshine." There was that pet name again. When we were dating he said he liked to call me that because my life is dark without you in it. It made me feel warm to hear him say that, like he was my sun too.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, A Baby for Christmas

“granted. My stomach”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, The Omega's Alpha

“Even when something's broken, you can still find a few beautiful shards. Just remember that picking them up can hurt you.”
― Ann-Katrin Byrde, The Wedding Planner's Manny