Emma Dean > Quotes

“It just took me some time to figure out that conceding doesn’t necessarily mean I’m losing.”
― Emma Dean, As Wicked As They Come

“If I should go tomorrow It would never be goodbye, For I have left my heart with you, So don’t you ever cry. The love that’s deep within me, Shall reach you from the stars, You’ll feel it from the heavens, And it will heal the scars. - Author Unknown”
― Emma Dean, Wicked Little Things

“You can take your broken pieces and make something new, or you can let it shred you apart until there’s nothing left.”
― Emma Dean, As Wicked As They Come

“It was everything I wanted,” Emily admitted. “And yet, nothing I needed.”
― Emma Dean, Make Out Like Bandits

“Burning off the rage is like…venting steam from a kettle. If there’s no outlet it’ll explode. You need an outlet. Once the anger is manageable it’ll be easier to regain your self-control.”
― Emma Dean, As Wicked As They Come

“have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air— - Alan Seeger”
― Emma Dean, Wicked Blood

“people didn’t always appreciate my ability to predict an outcome based on previous experiences with similar patterns.”
― Emma Dean, Curvy Dirty Omega

“I’m not a toy to be placed on a shelf and taken out only for playtime,” she hissed. “I make my own decisions.”
― Emma Dean, All Foxed Up

“she said the only way she’d managed to deal with all the shit in her life was to take control – to refuse to allow others to shift your emotions and moods. Self-control is strength and no one can take that away from you. Mastering it is something else altogether though.”
― Emma Dean, As Wicked As They Come

“His soul, his heart – they were hers and Kenzie honestly thought that was better than love. Love could be shallow. It could be conditional. It could even be suffocating. But Hunter was hers without boundaries, without any ifs, ands, or buts.”
― Emma Dean, What the Fox

“Do you tell me every single tiny thing you do?” Mika demanded. “Do you text me every time you watch a new show, or spar with Malachi without me?” His smile was slow and crafty. “I can. I could also text you every time you make me have a dirty thought, or every time I lie awake at night thinking of you as I masturbate. Would you like that?”
― Emma Dean, As Wicked As They Come

“Who is Adrestia?” Ethan put his arm around her shoulders and tucked her into his side, careful not to touch her face. His fingers were still laced in hers and Mika studied their hands, wondering if she would ever be able to do this without all these layers between them. “She is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite,” Ethan told her, running his thumb over her shoulder in a soothing pattern. “She would go into war with Ares – ‘she who none can escape.’ The goddess of revenge and retribution – she is the equilibrium, the balance between good and evil, and so beautiful that gods and titans fought over her.”
― Emma Dean, Something Wicked

“Fucking hell,” Ethan muttered. “They stripped her organs.” He was right. Her chest and abdomen were nothing but a cavity. The blood sang as it soaked into the snow. This girl had been murdered in cold blood—sacrificed. The silence in the forest was deafening.”
― Emma Dean, Something Wicked

“Dad pointed at all three of them as they got into the elevator. “She calls me and she’s not happy, I will shoot every one of you in the face.”
― Emma Dean, Spotted Her First