Tessonja Odette > Quotes

“Maybe books are a strange form of human sorcery. For how else can a story feel so satisfying and agonizing at the same time?”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Yes, it’s worth it. The good and the bad. It’s the story as a whole that matters.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“You make me feel the way books do.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“You see, I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now. And the man who loves me will not ask me to hide, ignore, or keep any part of me or my past under lock and key. He will love me just as I am.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made. And in these books, I can give myself the ending that was stolen from me. The ending I no longer believe exists in real life.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“There’s no room for me, not when society has already decided who and what I should be. A daughter. A woman. A wife-in-training. Quiet. Demure. Chaste.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Books give me experiences I shouldn’t have, emotions that aren’t my own. They spell out words that manage to draw tears from my eyes, twist my heart, even though nothing is physically happening to me. It’s a human sorcery I don’t care to mess with.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Memories are like broken glass," I say. "They only hurt if you touch them.”
― Tessonja Odette, A Rivalry of Hearts

“I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Ember, I’m tired of pretending. I never want to spend a moment faking anything with you ever again, not even for the sake of public opinion. I want it to be real. I want to show everyone this is real”
― Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince

“It’s okay to be tired,” she says. “But don’t give up. Don’t let the spark die out. It’s who you are.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Maybe it doesn’t have to last forever to be real.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“Are we kindred spirits who understand one another? Two souls cut from the same cloth? Or are we two volatile components that should never be combined?”
― Tessonja Odette, Kiss of the Selkie

“You're allowed to be strange. You're allowed to be a mess. You can be all these things that are a part of you.”
― Tessonja Odette, A Taste of Poison

“To feel nothing is not a life worth living.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“In the forest, prolonged eye contact is often a sign of threat. Why the hell do humans insist that staring deep into another’s eyes is polite?”
― Tessonja Odette, My Feral Romance

“Damn it all to hell, I really need a new book. Otherwise, my mind will be the death of me.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“All I wanted was to be alone and grieve, and everyone else just wanted me back to normal.”
― Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince

“DEDICATION: For anyone who’d prefer to curl up inside with a smutty book rather than put on “real” pants and leave the house.”
― Tessonja Odette, My Feral Romance

“I’ve never been fond of propriety, especially when it primarily seeks to control and repress women without placing nearly as many restrictions on men.”
― Tessonja Odette, A Rivalry of Hearts

“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“I love you,” he says, and my heart races even faster. “With blood running down your lips and a man crying at your feet. In a yellow dress and clumsy dance steps. With your skirt pulled up to your thigh and a rifle in your hands. With four paws and a cute little face. I love you, Daphne Heartcleaver.”
― Tessonja Odette, My Feral Romance

“Saints Above, why am I so on edge today? As if in answer, my gaze is drawn to the tea table in front of the couch, where a well-worn book rests, taunting me. Oh, that’s right. Because I’m out of reading material. Again.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“I’ve always maintained that a woman in possession of a vast imagination would want for nothing in life. She’d be superior to those with such fleeting virtues as wit, beauty, or accomplishment. The richest woman in the world, if only in her mind.”
― Tessonja Odette, A Rivalry of Hearts

“Are you impressed?"
"That you own a fountain pen? Or that you know how to use it? Believe it or not, I always knew you were literate.”
― Tessonja Odette, My Feral Romance

“And it isn’t just what the gift looks like. It isn’t about what it is at all. It’s about what it does to my heart.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“cab. If you don’t want me in a romantic way, say so. If you want to stay platonic friends, say so, but then treat me like a true friend. Don’t push me away. Don’t make decisions for me. Don’t be an asshole.”
― Tessonja Odette, My Feral Romance

“That’s my girl. My brave little beast.”
― Tessonja Odette, My Feral Romance

“To forgetting what I’m missing and enjoying what I have while it lasts.”
― Tessonja Odette, To Wear a Fae Crown

“To perform art is to lie, to lie is to sin, and to sin is to attract the shadows that haunt the dark.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night