Bree Porter > Quotes

“Who do you worship?
You, Sophia Rocchetti, I worship you.”
― Bree Porter, The Bloody Bride

“I did not expect...this, Elena. I knew I would change, knew my life would be different, but I did not expect to become unrecognisable to myself. I...I can go days without showering or sleeping. I am either ravenous or disgusted with the idea of eating. I record my body like a lab technician: how much milk am I making? How much blood am I leaking? I look in the mirror and I don't see Sophia Rocchetti, I don't see me. But I... I am addicted. I did not expect my brain to change like this, my psychology to be turned on its head. I think about Dante all the time. What is he doing? Is he happy? Sad? Is he comfortable? Breathing? Even when he is in my arms, I am paralysed with worry. But...I love him so much. It hurts how much I love him. Every day I don’t think I can love him more and then he looks up at me and I—”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“Describing you commands one’s entire mouth and an essay of idioms. There is simply no other way to define you.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“You’re immune to her.” “I’m not. I just know when she’s trying to get something out of me.” “Is resistance not the same as immunity?”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“We were a team, husband and wife. There was no part of my partner that I did not see and did not love. Whether the man who called me beautiful when I first woke up or the bloodthirsty gangster. This man was mine and I would support him through anything.”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“Duty is inescapable.”
― Bree Porter, The Bloody Bride

“Mr. Konstantin Tarkhanov.”
― Bree Porter, Principessa of Chicago

“No one will ever hurt you again.”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“If that has been dealt with, then let me take full advantage of this meeting and let you all in on a little secret.” Konstantin straightened his cuffs. “Those who ask for power never amass it.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“Elena often balanced on the line between patience and impatience. She could struggle with people who didn’t understand concepts as fast as she could or grew annoyed quickly by conventional ways to do things. But she had also sat with Roman for hours while she taught him how to read and had waited over the course of months when she had killed her father.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“Did you all fall for it? I wanted to ask. Did my pretty words convince you that I should be your queen? Has my self-discipline failed me? Do you worship me as much as my husband does?”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“A message from Toto the Terrible (listed in my phone as Fucking Crazy Father-In-Law, courtesy of Alessandro) popped up.”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“Intimacy which I had never had, never even wanted, had be cultivated between the two of us. Like a wisteria plant, the connection had started slow and weary, the first twig forming from very little. But as time had worn on, nourished by challenges and understanding, the vines had grown stronger and larger, climbing into my heart and soul and mind. Now there was no escape, no single branch that could be cut to end the link between us. A word had formed in my head. Four letters, one syllable. But I refused to voice it aloud; I even avoided saying it in my mind.”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“My cock hardened immediately. Elena spotted it and her eyebrows rose slightly. “Aren’t you tired?” “For you, never.”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“I built Nikolai from nothing.” Her voice broke, emotion clouding her features. She laid a hand on her heart, clutching her chest like she was trying to stop the feelings from escaping. “There was nothing passive about his creation. I broke and ached as I formed his heart and lungs, my bones shifted and my muscles stretched to hold him. Every cell inside of me answered the call and worked tediously to create my son.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“Nikolai Konstantinovich Tarkhanov.” My accent curled awkwardly around some of the vowels but I got the point across. “His name is Nikolai Tarkhanov, you sack of shit.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“Am I still dreaming? I wondered. No, no, I can’t be. Alessandro never has clothes on in my dreams.”
― Bree Porter, Principessa of Chicago

“For whatever reason, Natasha had never taken to Tatiana. But to be fair, my niece was very peculiar about who she chose to like and dislike.”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“Fruit was something we never seemed to run out of. That and bullets.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“I have been waiting for my entire life.” I whispered, letting the words I had tried so hard to run from finally come forth. “Every second, every moment, even if I didn’t know it, I have been yearning for your love. Since I was a gangly teenage misfit and then a hated strange wife, I have been looking to the horizon, trying to see you. I waited for my partner, my opponent, I waited for someone to love me and accept me just as I am. And then I saw you for the first time. Standing in my garden, beautiful and deadly. The creature of nightmares…and dreams. I tried to stay away at first, tried to hate you. Even when you gave me a lab and took me to the ballet, even when you shared your family and life with me. But then…” Tears were spilling down both our cheeks. “You spoke to me in a tree. You didn’t ask me to come down or put shoes on. You didn’t demand me to change or act civilized. Instead, you spoke to me from the ground with such casualness, like you were content to look up at me for the rest of your life.” I pressed my nose to his, breathing him in. “I love you, Konstantin. You are my equal and my soul, my opponent and my heart. There has never been another and there never will be.” I met his eyes, revealing every horrible and beautiful part of myself. “I love you.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“Pleeease.” Evva made sure to enunciate the entire word for her mother. That girl had mischief in her blood.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“Why is everyone so solemn?” The words left me before I could stop them. “We’re not at my funeral.” “Not yet,” Elena bitched. “Be quiet, Elena,” came a sharp voice belonging to one of my aunts.”
― Bree Porter, The Bloody Bride

“growled. “And when it comes time for him to take his throne, I’ll pass him the damn necktie!”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“This man posed a threat to her,” I noted. “Bring his body with us. I want to know everything about his life–including why he found himself in Elena’s way.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“You broke his heart, Elena, I silently cursed myself as we walked through the forest. You are the villain, the bad guy. You broke apart a family and took them from your son. You don’t get to ride into the sunset with the handsome prince.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“She smiled, eyes faraway. Instead of answering, she laid her head on my shoulder. I had my son in my arms, the woman I loved by my side. I felt a sudden tide of overwhelming emotion that I couldn’t name. I just knew that I wanted to reach back in time and say to my fifteen-year-old self: Don’t worry, boy. You’ll be blessed with treasures greater than anything you could imagine.”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons

“My loyalty is to you first,” he ventured. “If she is a threat, even for a second—” I cut him off. “If you want to keep breathing, don’t finish that sentence.”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“As for me, Elena had already been a part of me, deserving of my love and trust, since the day I picked up her thoughts in the shape of an academic article.”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“Aisling’s children are recognized publicly and legally as Rocchettis.”
― Bree Porter, The Rocchetti Queen

“Dima?” Dmitri had been raised in the States and hardly ever used Russian pet names. He even forgot to add the -a suffix to women’s surnames when speaking to Russian-born women. But in this moment, he replied, “Kostya?”
― Bree Porter, Empress of Poisons