Brynn Ford > Quotes

“The way he kisses me makes me feel like a delicacy he’s been starved from.”
― Brynn Ford, Pas de Trois

“For all the women condemned by the rules of men… Lift your chin, raise your voice, and give them hell.”
― Brynn Ford, Blaze of Misery

“There is no absolution for my soul. There is no God so worthy of worship that He would create a ritual such as this for one of His daughters to reach it. So if this is God's will—if the one they worship does exist—then I dissent.”
― Brynn Ford, Blaze of Misery

“Some part of me already knows that if I asked Ezra to chase me into death, just so that I wouldn’t be alone, he would.”
― Brynn Ford, Counts of Eight

“For all the women who are struggling to rise… Dig deep, have faith in yourself, and begin with a single step.”
― Brynn Ford, Embers of Mercy

“Anya and I look at each other in bewilderment. Then she smiles. “I love that girl.”
― Brynn Ford, The Four Families: Complete Trilogy

“They live by the Impulse. As though women have none—as if servants have no purpose in this life but to meet their filthy needs. I desire, I rage, I feel intensely, just as men do. Yet I’m expected to repress it all for the sake of serving their uncontrollable needs. It’s disgraceful…dishonorable.”
― Brynn Ford, Spark of Madness

“You mean you’d like to hear my opinion as the only other child-bearing person in this room? Since that’s all I’m good for?” Christ, here we go again. These two fight like fiends all the goddamn time. They’re both temperamental as fuck. Anya thinks they both get off on the constant fighting. I think she’s probably right. “That horse is dead, wife. Put your damn stick down.” “Then it’s a fucking zombie horse, Murphy, because it keeps getting up to rear its ugly fucking head.” “Watch your fucking foul-mouth. I’ll wash it out with soap.” Stella tilts her head, a scowl spreading across her cheeks. “Promise?”
― Brynn Ford, The Four Families: Complete Trilogy

“If they want to reduce the quality of their existence to being ruled by impulses, they can go right ahead. But I will not. I am more than an urge to act violently. I am more than a man ruled by his sexual needs in moments of weakness. I am more than they want me to be.”
― Brynn Ford, Spark of Madness

“Murphy’s lips purse together with a forced smile. “Anya, this is my new bride, Stella. She doesn’t quite understand her place yet as an O’Shea wife. Perhaps I should develop a training program.” He looks around me to raise his eyebrows threateningly at her and I turn my head to look back at her as she straightens in her seat. “Maybe I’ll develop a training program for you on the health risks associated with trying to mansplain your way through marriage.” Her fingers come up to make air quotes on the word marriage.”
― Brynn Ford, The Four Families: Complete Trilogy

“NEVER LET THEM take you to a second location. Never, ever let them take you to a second location. I let him take me to a second location on-board his private aircraft, and a third when I got into the car with him.”
― Brynn Ford, King of Masters