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

“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

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

“He’s gorgeous the same way a lightning storm is—breathtaking despite its danger. Or maybe because of it.”
― Tessonja Odette, The Lies that Summon the Night

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“Every young woman dreams of marrying a royal. A king, a prince, it doesn’t matter, so long as he’s richer than sin and handsome enough to fake a smile at. What else could a girl ask for? Well, a working brain, for starters. And I do suggest all young women have one of those.”
― Tessonja Odette, To Carve a Fae Heart

“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

“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

“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 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

“I have to marry a monster.”
― Tessonja Odette, To Carve a Fae Heart

“but there’s something in his posture that wasn’t there before.”
― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King

“What we have are a lot of arguments.” She gives me a sly grin. “That’s just an ugly word for passion.”
― Tessonja Odette, Kiss of the Selkie

“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