Marina Simcoe > Quotes

“Reading to me has always been like having a conversation with people who wouldn’t ask me any personal questions. Instead, they open up their own hearts and tell their secrets to me.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Real Thing

“I can never ‘un-love’ you, Marcus. You are mine, all of you. Your faults are now my own, and all of your secrets are now mine to keep.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Real Thing

“You’re scared,” he protested.
“My faith is bigger than my fear.”
― Marina Simcoe, Demon Mine

“Everything is about you, Alyssa!” He bellowed, rising to his feet. I could see his body vibrate with strain as he began to pace in front of me. “Sytrius, you need to calm down.” Andras’ words had the exact opposite effect. Sytrius spun on his heel to face him. “Calm! Calm!” He roared, his hands fisted at his sides. “Calm is a lack of emotion, Andras a void, an absolute nothingness!”
― Marina Simcoe, Demon Mine

“I’d like to get to know all the demons’ wives better. Now that I’m going to be one of them.” A bright expression of delight spread on Ivar’s handsome face. “Can I call you my wife now?”
― Marina Simcoe, The Forgotten

“True. I don’t care about my name, or anyone else’s for that matter, as long as they feed me.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Cursed

“His temptation. His addiction. The intense physical desire for her drove him to madness.”
― Marina Simcoe, Demon Mine

“Okay, I’m not claiming to be an expert here. I mean my one and only relationship with a human happened two hundred years ago. But for me, being together with someone I cared about was not work. In fact, it would have been infinitely harder to stay apart.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Forgotten

“I don’t care about others.” Sytrius’ voice rose, his fingers dug into my arms. “Don’t you see, Alyssa? You are the only one who matters to me. You are my everything. Your happiness is my mission in life, my purpose. Without it, none of it makes sense.”
― Marina Simcoe, Demon Mine

“With you, I truly am fearless, Marcus. With you, I’m not even afraid to be weak.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Real Thing

“Come to me,” he murmured, sliding his wife into his lap.
He’d learned many romantic phrases by now and had created even more of them himself. But “come to me” was one of the most meaningful and the most underrated ones in his opinion.
“Come to me, and I‘ll make it all better.”
“Come to me, I’ll give you comfort.”
“Come to me, life is perfect when you’re near.”
“Come to me, I need you…”
― Marina Simcoe, What Makes an Alien a Dad?

“You’ve always hurt me the most when you looked your best.” Stella, Madness of the Moon.”
― Marina Simcoe, Madness of the Moon

“Your smile is a sight to see, Raim,” She said, with admiration that he immediately skimmed until the very last crumb, “Totally worth the wait.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Freed

“When an Incubus loves, he gives you his heart and his soul. You have to be careful not to damage that gift.”
― Marina Simcoe, Grand Master

“Payback time.” His voice was thick with satisfaction as he glanced up at me, his chin pressed against my most sensitive spot.”
― Marina Simcoe, Grand Master

“The priory had long abandoned their hope to rein in the succubi under their control. Even arranging for a meeting with them had proven impossible. Whatever representatives the priory had sent to hunt, capture or even talk to a succubus had never returned. The true demons that they were, the succubi refused to be controlled by any kind of an agreement. The Priory had nothing to force them with and had no choice but to let them be. It helped that there were too few succubi in this world to cause devastation on any large scale. Restless and easily bored, they moved between worlds freely, rarely staying in one for longer than a few centuries at a time.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Cursed

“No please or thank you. Vadim seemed to reserve all his pleasantries exclusively for me, with none left for his fellow Incubi.”
― Marina Simcoe, Grand Master

“I was raised to believe that all I could ever be was a criminal. It made me want to be anything but one. When you know that you can get away with any crime, it becomes a matter of self-respect to commit none. When there is no one to force you to stay within the norms of the society, self-control becomes all that stands between you and the person you want to be.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Real Thing

“Taking care of you is giving me purpose.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Forgotten

“Because I have allowed myself to take more than I should have from you. Parting from you would be like losing a big part of myself now.” “So, you’d rather see all of us vanish?” Despite everything he had shared with me, I still struggled to understand this man completely. “For myself. I believe the fires of Hell would hurt less.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Freed

“I’ve always wanted to do this. Please let me.” He asked softly. I remember him saying that taking care of me gave him purpose and nodded, turning around to give him better access to my still wet hair.”
― Marina Simcoe, Demon Mine

“You’re not charging into a battle, my queen.” Ivar chuckled, taking my hand. “It’s just a dance.” He murmured, tugging me forward.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Forgotten

“Making love to you has an uncanny ability to turn the world the right way up again,” Vadim murmured in my hair.”
― Marina Simcoe, Grand Master

“We are more than married, my precious Jade.” He kicked the door open then shoved at it with his elbow to close it after entertaining. “You’re mine now, for eternity, which is a really long time, I’ll have you know.”
― Marina Simcoe, Grand Master

“I did not give you permission to feed off me.” “I never asked for permission.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Freed

“You’re playing dirty.” I breathed out. “I believe you may need my kind of dirty.” He retorted unfazed.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Freed

“Sanity is a rather abstract concept, Dee.” He said.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Freed

“I sat on the step, my legs refusing to support me. It wasn’t easy to accept that a man would rather run into the woods at night, risking being attacked by bears and cougars, than spend a few hours under the same roof with me.”
― Marina Simcoe, My Birthday Getaway

“You seem very relaxed now,” I teased, keeping my voice light. “Being with me must beat reading after all.” “It beats everything.” He easily agreed.”
― Marina Simcoe, Grand Master

“The taste oh human men is turning stale, Raim,” Caryss complained. “Their stamina is not what it has been. Besides, some of them end up falling in love, which is simply pathetic. Honestly, sometimes draining them feels like an act of mercy - simply to put them out of their misery.”
― Marina Simcoe, The Last Unforgiven: Cursed