Robin D. Mahle > Quotes

“Freedom isn’t giving someone a small chunk of life and expecting them to be content with it,”
― Robin D. Mahle, Scarlet Princess

“My father always said my big mouth would be the death of me someday.

I had thought he was kidding, but the joke was on me because here I was, a twice-over prisoner in an enemy kingdom, headed toward what was sure to be my untimely demise.

All because I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Tarnished Crown

“Because if Rowan looked at me the way she looks at you, there is nothing I wouldn’t have done to keep her.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Obsidian Throne

“Da’ always said nothing was more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Scarlet Princess

“Because I might have told Rowan there was nothing I wouldn’t do for the safety of my clan, but if something happened to her...I would raze this entire kingdom to the ground to get her back.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“To give your enemy a reaction is to give them power. Now I know where to hurt you.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Scarlet Princess

“It means...darling.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Crimson Kingdom

“Lemmikki.” He whispered it like a question. A plea. And that word. That word would be my undoing.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Crimson Kingdom

“I heard once that the saddest moment in life is when the person who
gave you the best memories becomes nothing more than a memory
themselves--” She cut off, clearing her throat. A small, pained sound escaped
her before she continued. “And it’s true.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Crimson Kingdom

“May you casually die on the way back to your chambers.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Hollow Court

“But he was dead wrong about that flower,” Evander snorted. “If anything, Lemmikki, you’re difficult to kill.” “Oh?” I cocked my head. “What would you suggest, then?” “I don’t know.” He shrugged. “A cockroach or something equally annoying and resilient.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Tarnished Crown

“When Theo’s arms were around me, I had felt safe. Contained. Like something fragile to be protected. But being here with Evander was none of those things. I felt wild and unrestrained and terrified, like a part of me that had been missing my entire life was whole now.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Tarnished Crown

“Rowan. Had he ever called me by my name before?”
― Robin D. Mahle, Tarnished Crown

“But he didn’t get to finish the word, because I reached up my hand and slapped him. Hard. Right across his perfect face.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“But you own me, too,” he whispered.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Crimson Kingdom

“No matter how I had tried to avoid or deny it, there was no escaping what Evander and I had. The kind of love you go to war for. And that’s exactly what I intended to do.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Obsidian Throne

“I looked to where his tan-and-navy jacket was buttoned securely over his chest. A flush rose to my cheeks before I could stop it. It was ridiculous. It was just skin. I had seen plenty of men without their clothes on. In Clan Ram, men and women sauna-ed together. This would be no different. Of course, he noticed. The uninjured corner of his mouth tilted up, causing the smallest dimple to appear in his cheek. “Don’t worry, Lady Galina. I promise not to seduce you,” he assured me in a voice that was most certainly designed to do just that.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Hollow Court

“So more like me, then,” she offered, still looking decidedly elsewhere. No. Not at all like you. Because I definitely never resist the urge to run my hands through Rowan’s hair or wonder what her favorite white wine tastes like on her lips. “Exactly,” I said with a smirk. Something indiscernible flitted behind her eyes. Then she blinked, and it was gone before I could read it.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Hollow Court

“She was death itself, dealing swift judgment with each of her blows.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“You can’t fall in love with someone in ten days.” “No, not ten days. It only took me two.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“She might have been a traitor”
― Robin D. Mahle, Bound to the Shadow Queen

“we had done the best we could with the choices we were given,”
― Robin D. Mahle, Cursed to the Ruined Court

“Yes, I want to share my life with you. And yes, one day, I would like to grow our family.” He continued with his slow unbuttoning, kissing every inch of skin he exposed. “What I want is to hear your voice every day, talking to my cat, teaching my soldiers inappropriate card games and tavern songs. I want your cursed hair in my face and your clothes strewn messily on my bedroom floor.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“It could be so easy…”
― Robin D. Mahle, Crimson Kingdom

“Is that what it comes down to, even now, Evander?” I scarcely breathed the words. “The fact that you think you own me.” “I do own you, Lemmikki.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“I think you sometimes forget that I’m a princess,” I said. He snorted softly. “I think you sometimes forget that you’re a princess.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“I told you there was nothing I wouldn’t do to keep you safe, Lemmikki. I love you with every last broken piece of my soul. Evander”
― Robin D. Mahle, Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series

“Sure, we were two broken souls with violent tendencies when it came to protecting the people we loved… But at least I knew he didn’t think less of me for it.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Obsidian Throne

“Now, it was up to me to decide what I was willing to fight for.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Hollow Court

“Our minds carry what the body has forgotten. And sometimes the memory of pain hurts longer than the wounds themselves.”
― Robin D. Mahle, Bound to the Shadow Queen